wax poetic

verb
/ˈwæks pəʊˈɛtɪk/UK/ˈwæks poʊˈɛtɪk/US

Etymology

From wax (“become”) + poetic.

Definitions

  1. To become increasingly verbose.

  2. To speak in an increasingly verbose manner, as if constructing poetry.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA