Flaxen
['flæks(ə)n]
Definition
(adj.) of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown; 'flaxen locks' .
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Definition
(a.) Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow; as, flaxen thread; flaxen hair.
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Examples
- He was flaxen-haired and handsome, in a washed-out negative fashion, with frightened blue eyes, and a clean-shaven face, with a weak, sensitive mouth. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She is a little girl, in a spencer, with a round face and curly flaxen hair. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A tall, flaxen-haired, slim young fellow opened it, and made us welcome when he understood our errand. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Yes--I-- After a pause, he added, again settling the crisp flaxen wig at the ears, It is very difficult to begin. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Fragments of that flaxen cloth have been discovered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I curtsied to a little blue-eyed fair man of youthful appearance with flaxen hair parted in the middle and curling at the ends all round his head. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Her hair, which was short and must be flaxen, fell forward, divided, half covering her hands. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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