Xanthic vs. Xanthous — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Xanthic and Xanthous
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Definitions
Xanthic
Of a yellowish colour.
Xanthous
Yellow.
Xanthic
Tending toward a yellow color, or to one of those colors, green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, as scarlet, orange, etc.
Xanthous
Yellow-brown; yolk-colored.
Xanthic
Possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow color; as, xanthic acid.
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Xanthous
Pertaining to people with yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.
Xanthous
Yellow; specifically (Ethnol.), of or pertaining to those races of man which have yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.
Xanthous
Similar to the color of an egg yolk