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waxing wode

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

Meaning of wax wode

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.

Questions about waxing wode

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

Words near waxing wode in the dictionary

  1. waxing philosophical
  2. waxing poetic
  3. waxing someone's tail
  4. waxing the dolphin
  5. waxing up
  6. waxing wode
  7. waxings
  8. waxish
  9. WAxit
  10. Waxler
  11. Waxlers

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