Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or exhibiting leucodermia.
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- adjective white-skinned,
Caucasian ;pale
Etymologies
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Examples
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Monachus as leucodermic, sesquipedalian with winedark hair.
Ulysses 2003
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Among the criteria of the leucodermic or white race are: normal proportions; stature, 7.5 to 8 heads; mamma papillata; light brown to almost white skin; orthognathism; from slight to hardly noticeable frontal ridge; narrow, high jaws; large muscles of the seat and calves; narrow, long foot with powerful arch; strong ball of the great toe; powerful heel.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Visually, Stephen's: The traditional figure of hypostasis, depicted by Johannes Damascenus, Lentulus Romanus and Epiphanius Monachus as leucodermic, sesquipedalian with winedark hair.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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