flaxen.
Made of or resembling flax fibers.
Meaning & usage
Made of or resembling flax fibers.
A pale yellow brown as of dried flax; blonde.
The couple and their children have flaxen hair.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English flaxen, flexon, flexin, from Old English fleaxen (“of flax; flaxen”), equivalent to flax + -en (“made of”). Compare Dutch vlassen.
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