xanthous

英['zænθəs] 美['zænθəs]
英英释义
近义词
反义词
  • adj. 黄色的;黄色人种的

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].