xanthous

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English

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Etymology

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From xanth- +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈzæn.θəs/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ænθəs

Adjective

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xanthous (not comparable)

  1. Yellow-brown; yolk-colored.
    • 1983, Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert et al., The Greater Omentum, page 131:
      Absorbent fatty xanthous histiocytes and xanthous granulations are observed in the marginal area of necrosis of the fatty tissue []
  2. (archaic, ethnology) Pertaining to people with yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.
    Antonyms: leucous, melanous
    • 1841, James Cowles Prichard et al., Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind, page 227:
      The xanthous variety springs up out of every black-haired race.
    • 1842, James Laurie, System of Universal Geography: Founded on the Works of Malte-Brun and Balbi[1], London: Stevenson & Co., page 106:
      [] the xanthous, or fair class, comprises those who have brown, auburn, yellow, flaxen, or red hair; []
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