xanthous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈzæn.θəs/ (UK, US)
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Etymology
By surface analysis, xanth- + -ous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Yellow-brown; yolk-colored.
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:
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(archaic, not-comparable) Pertaining to people with yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.
The xanthous variety springs up out of every black-haired race.
1841, James Cowles Prichard et al., Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind, page 227:[…] the xanthous, or fair class, comprises those who have brown, auburn, yellow, flaxen, or red hair; […]
1842, James Laurie, System of Universal Geography: Founded on the Works of Malte-Brun and Balbi, London: Stevenson & Co., page 106:
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bg жълт (yellow-brown) · fi kellanruskea (yellow-brown) · es ocre (yellow-brown) · pl żółtobrązowy (yellow-brown) · ru жёлтый (yellow-brown) · fr ocre (yellow-brown) · no gusten (yellow-brown) · fr ochracé (yellow-brown)