Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Light-colored; white; affected with leucism; albinotic: applied specifically to albinos.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective White; -- applied to albinos, from the whiteness of their skin and hair.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
white ;albino
Etymologies
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Examples
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The xanthous complexion is rare, though not unknown in cities, but the leucous does not exist.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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To the different characters of human complexion, Dr Prichard gives three distinctive terms -- the _melanous_ or brunette; the _xanthous_ or blonde; and the _leucous_ or albino; the _melanous_ predominating in the southern countries, the _xanthous_ in the northern.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 Various
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The change from the _xanthous_ to the _melanous_ complexion, is a circumstance of constant occurrence; there are few children born, whose complexion does not darken as they grow up, in many cases undergoing a total change: the passage from dark to fair is rare, but it constantly occurs that _xanthous_, or even _leucous_ children, are born of
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 Various
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The _leucous_ complexion is an abnormal variety, and occurs occasionally in all countries.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 Various
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