xanthous

英 ['zænθəs] 美 ['zænθəs]
  • adj. 黄色的；黄色人种的
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英文词源

xanthous (adj.)
1829, "fair-haired and light-complexioned," from Greek xanthos "yellow," of unknown origin (see xantho-). But the word also was used in 19c. anthropology as "specifying the yellow or Mongoloid type of mankind" [Century Dictionary].