xanthous
English
WOTD – 18 February 2009
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”).
Adjective
xanthous (not comparable)
- 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...
- 1983, Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert, et al., The Greater Omentum, page 131
- (archaic, ethnology) Pertaining to people with yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.
- 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 (London: Stevenson & Co.; page 106)
- […] the xanthous, or fair class, comprises those who have brown, auburn, yellow, flaxen, or red hair; […]
- 1841, James Cowles Prichard et al., Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind, page 227
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