nose of wax
"nose-of-wax" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nose of wax” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who is pliant and easily influenced.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nose-of-wax · nose of wax · English
nose of wax · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nose of wax |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nose of wax” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nose of wax is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who is pliant and easily influenced.".
nose of wax doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is nose of wax, spelled N-O-S-E- -O-F- -W-A-X.
Definition
- 1A person who is pliant and easily influenced.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nose of wax appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] but vows with you being like / To your religion, a nose of wax / To be turn'd every way […]
It is contended indeed by some reasoners, that we must have listened to the Ottoman complaint, on the broad principle of the law of nations. This sounds well, but in this, as in many other cases, the aforesaid law of nations is a nose of wax, and twistable into any form.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.