xanthous

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈzæn.θəs/

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Adjective

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.
   • 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.