flaxen
pronunciation
How to pronounce flaxen in British English:
UK [ˈflæksn]
How to pronounce flaxen in American English:
US [ˈflæksən]
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- Adjective:
- of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
Word Origin
- flaxen (adj.)
- "made of flax," mid-15c., from flax + -en (2). As "of the color of flax" (usually with reference to hair) it is attested from 1520s.
Example
- 1. Spathe egg form , green or flaxen .
- 2. Fig 3 variety for oleic of mature process inside of flaxen seed .
- 3. He took off the boy 's cap and pushed back his thick flaxen curls .
- 4. Yet for much of his school life he was known simply as greece , which must have confused fellow pupils staring at his bright blue eyes and flaxen hair .
- 5. Rufous or leaf sheath is flaxen , better amounts to 15cm ; blade degrades shape of the awn that show thorn .