Xanthochroi

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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Xanthochroi pl (plural only)

  1. (dated, anthropology) A division of the human population having fair skin and wavy blond hair.
    • 1865, Thomas H. Huxley, On the Methods and Results of Ethnology:
      The furthermost limit of the Xanthochroi north-westward is Iceland and the British Isles

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