xanthous
adjUK, US /ˈzæn.θəs/
Etymology By surface analysis, xanth- + -ous.
1
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:
2
Anthropology, Ethnology, Human sciences, Sciences Archaic 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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- xanthic