Definitions
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- adjective (Ethnol.) Having a yellowish or fair complexion.
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- adjective anthropology Pertaining to the
Xanthochroi ; having fairhair and a palecomplexion .
Etymologies
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From Xanthochroi.
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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
rolig commented on the word xanthochroid
See qroqqa's note at xanthocroid.
September 2, 2008