Xanthous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  xanthous
       adj : similar to the color of an egg yolk [syn: {yellow}, {yellowish}]