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flaxen

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flax·en  (flksn)
adj.
1. Made of or resembling flax.
2. Having the pale grayish-yellow color of flax fiber: flaxen braids.
flaxen
Adjective
1. of flax
2. (of hair) pale yellow
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.flaxen - of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown; "flaxen locks"
sandy
blond, blonde, light-haired - being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes; "blond Scandinavians"; "a house full of light-haired children"
Translations
flaxen [ˈflæksən] adj → muy rubio
flaxen [ˈflæksən] adj → blond(e)
flaxen [ˈflæksən] flax adj (hair) → flachsblond
flaxen [ˈflæksən] adj → biondo/a


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A youngish man with flaxen hair, a bristly straw-coloured moustache, and a dropping nether lip, was sitting and holding my wrist.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
He wore an odd little sleek crisp flaxen wig, setting very close to his head: which wig, it is to be presumed, was made of hair, but which looked far more as though it were spun from filaments of silk or glass.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
However, they formed themselves into line, all assisting, owing to the importance of the search; the dairyman at the upper end with Mr Clare, who had volunteered to help; then Tess, Marian, Izz Huett, and Retty; then Bill Lewell, Jonathan, and the married dairywomen--Beck Knibbs, with her wooly black hair and rolling eyes; and flaxen Frances, consumptive from the winter damps of the water-meads--who lived in their respective cottages.
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