English Explanatory Dictionary

Xanthochroi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A division of the human population having fair skin and wavy blond hair.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Xanthochroi.

Word forms

Xanthochroi

Etymology

Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley, from Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “fair, yellow, golden, blond”), and either χρώς (khrṓs, “skin”), or ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale”).

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