Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Yellow-brown; yolk-colored.

    жёлтыйžóltyj

  2. (archaic, not comparable)Pertaining to people with yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.

More definitions
  • of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
yellow-brown:

Origin

By surface analysis, xanth- + -ous.

By surface analysis, xanth- + -ous.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk:yellowyellowish

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedxanthic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
xanthous — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto