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wax wode

wax wode verb: to become angry because of something; be made angry by someone or something.

Verb

wax wode (third-person singular simple present waxes wode, present participle waxing wode, simple past waxed wode or (archaic) wex wode, past participle waxed wode or (archaic) wex wode or (dialectal, archaic) waxen wode)

  1. (archaic) To become angry because of something; be made angry by someone or something.
    • My hair stode up, I waxed wode, my synewes all did shake / And, as the fury had me vext, my teeth began to quake1806, James Petite Andews, The History of Great Britain
  2. (obsolete) To be alienated from somebody; be overcome with repugnance for.

Forms of wax wode

third-person singular presentwaxes wode
present participlewaxing wode
pastwaxed wode
past participlewaxed wode
past (archaic)wex wode
past participle (archaic)wex wode
past participle (archaic, dialectal)waxen wode

Origin of wax wode

From Middle English waxen wode.

Questions about wax wode

What does wax wode mean?
Wax wode means to become angry because of something; be made angry by someone or something.
What part of speech is wax wode?
Wax wode is a verb.
What is the past tense of wax wode?
The past tense of wax wode is waxed wode.

Words near wax wode in the dictionary

  1. wax tablets
  2. wax the dolphin
  3. wax vesta
  4. wax vestas
  5. wax vine
  6. wax wode
  7. wax-candle
  8. wax-candles
  9. wax-colour
  10. wax-end
  11. wax-ends

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