half-waxen

English

Etymology

From Middle English half-waxen, equivalent to half- +‎ waxen (“grown”).

Adjective

half-waxen (not comparable)

1. half-grown; partially completed; incomplete
   • 1989, Irene Rathbone, We That Were Young:

     That ghastly broken doll — half-waxen, half-human — stumbled its way in and out of Joan's dreams. . . . […]

   • 2015, Kevin Egan, The Missing Piece:

     Beyond the marina, lights danced on the dark water—buoys, boats, a half-waxen moon.