flaxen

or flax·y

[ flak-suhn ]
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adjective
  1. made of flax.

  2. pertaining to flax.

  1. resembling flax.

  2. of the pale yellowish color of dressed flax.

Origin of flaxen

1
First recorded in 1510–20; flax + -en2

Words Nearby flaxen

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How to use flaxen in a sentence

  • I don't see how you can doubt that that flaxen-haired girl is a descendant of Medoc, Prince of Wales.

    Overland | John William De Forest
  • She had come to the hearth-rug, where lay the scissors, and nearly all my beautiful flaxen curls on the floor.

    Little Folks | Various
  • His mind may be full of their golden hair, expecting to find it flaxen at least.

  • Her hair was a pale flaxen and fluffed out naturally, worn severely back from her low forehead though it was.

  • Her bloom-tinted complexion was delicately fresh as ever; her dress was as becoming, her flaxen locks were as youthful.

    The Shadow of Ashlydyat | Mrs. Henry Wood

British Dictionary definitions for flaxen

flaxen

flaxy

/ (ˈflæksən) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or resembling flax

  2. of a soft yellow colour: flaxen hair

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