Flaxen
/ˈflæk.sən/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Made of or resembling flax fibers.
- 2 A pale yellow brown as of dried flax; blonde.
"The couple and their children have flaxen hair."
Adjective
- 1 of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown wordnet
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More examples"There stood a little boy, almost naked; the water trickled down from his long flaxen hair; he was shivering with cold, and had he been left much longer out in the street, he would certainly have perished in the storm."
Etymology
From Middle English flaxen, flexon, flexin, from Old English fleaxen (“of flax; flaxen”), equivalent to flax + -en (“made of”). Compare Dutch vlassen.