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xanthochroi

xanthochroi is the alternative letter-case form of Xanthochroi.

Noun capitalized: Xanthochroi

Xanthochroi pl (plural only)

  1. (dated, plural, plural-only) A division of the human population having fair skin and wavy blond hair.
    • The furthermost limit of the Xanthochroi north-westward is Iceland and the British Isles1865, Thomas H. Huxley, On the Methods and Results of Ethnology

Origin of xanthochroi

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

Words formed from xanthochroi

Questions about xanthochroi

What does xanthochroi mean?
Xanthochroi means a division of the human population having fair skin and wavy blond hair.
What is xanthochroi the alternative letter-case form of?
Xanthochroi is the alternative letter-case form of Xanthochroi.
What part of speech is xanthochroi?
Xanthochroi is a noun.

Words near xanthochroi in the dictionary

  1. xanthobacter
  2. xanthobacters
  3. xanthoblast
  4. xanthoblasts
  5. xanthocarpous
  6. xanthochroi
  7. xanthochroia
  8. xanthochroic
  9. xanthochroid
  10. xanthochroids
  11. xanthochroism

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