Crossword clues for xanthous
xanthous
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Xanthous \Xan"thous\, a. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow.] Yellow; specifically (Ethnol.), of or pertaining to those races of man which have yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1829, "fair-haired and light-complexioned," from Greek xanthos "yellow," of unknown origin (see xantho-). But the word also was used in 19c. anthropology as "specifying the yellow or Mongoloid type of mankind" [Century Dictionary].
Wiktionary
a. 1 yellow-brown; yolk-colored. 2 (context archaic ethnology English) Pertaining to people with yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.
WordNet
Usage examples of "xanthous".
What imaginable intelligence could compensate her for the flat blueness of her eyes, the xanthous pallor of her hair, the doll-like pink of her cheeks?
The moonlight here was tinged with the xanthous color of flesh gone to mold.