flaxenishadj.
/ˈflaksənɪʃ/ rare.
Somewhat flaxen.
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gull13..
flaxen?1523
palew1547
straw-coloured1585
branlie1589
straw colour1589
flaxy1634
festucine1646
sulphureous1656
flaxenish1661
butter colour1665
strawy1668
straw-yellow1794
bombycinous1796
sulphur-coloured1811
sherry-yellow1813
sulphur-yellow1816
bombasic1825
straw1842
wax-coloured1842
stramineous1845
maize-coloured1852
daffodil1855
daw1856
flax1873
sherry-coloured1875
mastic1890
sulpho-chromic1895
ochroid1897
wheat-coloured1898
sulphurous1899
sulphury1900
tea rose1900
straw-pale1922
1661 T. Blount Peacham's Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) xiv. 167 A dark flexinish hair.
a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) i. lxvii. 111 A hard-favoured, lean man, tall, with a thin-haired flaxenish beard.
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