Made of or covered, polished, or treated with wax. See examples of waxen used in a sentence. A waxen face has pale, shiny skin and does not look healthy:

Learn more. Definition of waxen adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. She looked dead, waxen, looked as though she had never been alive in the first place.