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ZAN-thos
adjective
yellowish; yellow-brown; yellow-red
1856Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & MeccahThe xanthous complexion is rare, though not unknown in cities, but the leucous does not exist.1890Caesar's ColumnShe evidently belonged to the great race of Nilsson and Lind. Her hair, a mass of rebellious, short curls, was of the peculiar shade of light yellow common among that people; it looked as if the xanthous locks of the old Gauls, as described by Cæsar, had been faded out, in the long nights and the ice and snow of the Northland, to this paler hue.1927The Canary Murder CaseTherefore, when I saw this photograph of the xanthous Alys half hidden under the litter of papers on the escritoire…1995One Quest, Hold the DragonsI suppose you're all pining for that xanthous beauty yourselves…Labels: Greg Costikyan, Ignatius Donnelly, S. S. Van Dine, Sir Richard Francis Burton
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