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xanthous (adj.)
1829, "fair-haired and light-complexioned," from Greek
xanthos
"yellow," of unknown origin (see
xantho-
). But the word also was used in 19c. anthropology as "specifying the yellow or Mongoloid type of mankind" [Century Dictionary].
