Definitions

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  • adjective (Ethnol.) Having a yellowish or fair complexion.

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  • adjective anthropology Pertaining to the Xanthochroi; having fair hair and a pale complexion.

Etymologies

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From Xanthochroi.

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Examples

  • The suggestion that xanthochroid Aryans were "bleached" by exposure during the glacial period, does not agree with Wallace's doctrine concerning the coloration of Arctic animals.

    Logic Deductive and Inductive Carveth Read 1889

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  • See qroqqa's note at xanthocroid.

    September 2, 2008