Xanthochroi

See also: xanthochroi

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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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