waxwork

English

Etymology

wax +‎ work

Noun

waxwork (plural waxworks)

A figure made of wax, especially an effigy of a famous person.
- 1885, Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado:
  The amateur tenor, whose vocal villainies / All desire to shirk, / Shall during off-hours, / Exhibit his powers / To Madame Tussaud's waxwork.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Roxbury waxwork
waxworker

waxwork-man
waxworks

Translations

a wax figure, an effigy of a famous person

Chinese:
Mandarin: 蠟像 (zh), 蜡像 (zh) (làxiàng)
Finnish: vahakuva, vahapatsas
French: personnage en cire m

German: Wachsfigur (de) f
Japanese: 蝋人形 (ろうにんぎょう, rōningyō)
Russian: воскова́я фигу́ра f (voskovája figúra), муля́ж (ru) m (muljáž)
Thai: หุ่นขี้ผึ้ง (th) (hùn-kîi-pʉ̂ng)

See also

waxwork on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Wax museum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Category:Wax museums on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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