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waxing lyrical

waxing lyrical is the present participle and gerund of wax lyrical.

Meaning of wax lyrical

Verb

wax lyrical (third-person singular simple present waxes lyrical, present participle waxing lyrical, simple past and past participle waxed lyrical)

  1. To speak very enthusiastically about something.
    • Axe-grinding columnists and politicians are therefore disingenuous when they wax lyrical about the quality of the meals served on the Continent by the International Wagons-Lits Company (and in France, though not in Italy, I personally have not found the quality outstanding for the high price...1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 142

Questions about waxing lyrical

What is waxing lyrical the present participle and gerund of?
Waxing lyrical is the present participle and gerund of wax lyrical.

Words near waxing lyrical in the dictionary

  1. waxing down
  2. waxing iron
  3. waxing irons
  4. waxing kernel
  5. waxing kernels
  6. waxing lyrical
  7. waxing moon
  8. waxing moons
  9. waxing on
  10. waxing philosophical
  11. waxing poetic

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