adj
Meaning 1
Yellow-brown; yolk-colored.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
xanthous
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UK, US: /ˈzæn.θəs/
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rhymes with -ænθəs
adj
Meaning 2
Pertaining to people with yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
Topics: anthropology, ethnology, human-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: leucous, melanous
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yellow, yellowish
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, xanth- + -ous.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: жълт (žǎlt) — yellow-brown
- Finnish: kellanruskea — yellow-brown
- French: ocre — yellow-brown
- French: ochracé — yellow-brown
- Norwegian: gusten — yellow-brown
- Polish: żółtobrązowy — yellow-brown
- Russian: жёлтый (žóltyj) — yellow-brown
- Spanish: ocre — yellow-brown