colloq. or slang. [f. WAX sb.3 + -Y1.] Angry, ‘in a wax.’
A supposed example of 1648 in the Hamilton Papers (Camden), 229 is an editorial misreading of wary.
1853. Dickens, Bleak Ho., xxiv. It would cheer him up more than anything, if I could make him a little waxy with me.
1866. Brogden, Lincolnsh. Gloss., Waxey, peevish, cross, irritable. Ex. You need-na be so waxey.
1872. Punch, 1 June, 222/1. The superstition is on the wane, and it’s no good being waxy about it.
