flaxen
/ˈflæk.sən/
flaxen adjective: made of or resembling flax fibers.
Adjective
flaxen
- Made of or resembling flax fibers.
- A pale yellow brown as of dried flax; blonde.
- The couple and their children have flaxen hair.
- In Snorri's Skaldskaparmal (see Faulkes 1998 [1987]: 96), Loki cropped Sif’s (presumably blonde or flaxen) hair, seemingly out of spite, a cropping which compares to the harvesting of corn.2005, Nathan J. Johnson, Robert J. Wallis, Galdrbok: Practical Heathen Runecraft, Shamanism and Magic, page 309
flaxen meaning in Malayalam and Kannada
flaxen in Malayalam
- ചണത്തിൻറെ, മഞ്ഞനിറമുള്ള, ചണംകൊണ്ടു നിർമ്മിച്ച, ചണംപോലുള്ള
flaxen in Kannada
- ತೆಳು ಹಳದಿ, ತೆಳು ಮಂಜಳು
Origin of flaxen
From Middle English flaxen, flexon, flexin, from Old English fleaxen (“of flax; flaxen”), equivalent to flax + -en (“made of”). Compare Dutch vlassen.
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Questions about flaxen
- What does flaxen mean?
- Flaxen means made of or resembling flax fibers.
- What is flaxen in Malayalam?
- Flaxen in Malayalam is ചണത്തിൻറെ, മഞ്ഞനിറമുള്ള, ചണംകൊണ്ടു നിർമ്മിച്ച. See Flaxen meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is flaxen?
- Flaxen is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce flaxen?
- Flaxen is pronounced /ˈflæk.sən/.
Words near flaxen in the dictionary
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