Melanochroin.

Brit.

/mɛləˈnɒkrəʊʌɪ/,

/mɛləˈnɒkrɔɪ/, U.S.

/mɛləˈnɑkroʊˌaɪ/,

/mɛləˈnɑkrɔɪ/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: melano- comb. form, Greek ὠχροί.

Etymology: < melano- comb. form + ancient Greek ὠχροί, masculine plural of ὠχρός pale (see ochre n.).The sense in quot. 1878 implies a false etymology < ancient Greek μελανόχροι , masculine plural of μελανόχροος dark-complexioned < μελανο- melano- comb. form + χρόα skin. Huxley's coinage is unusual in showing the Greek plural form rather than substitution of -i after Latin; compare also Melanoi n., Xanthochroi n.

Physical Anthropology. Now historical.

With plural agreement. In T. H. Huxley's classification of the varieties of humankind: a subdivision of the smooth-haired class Leiotrichi with dark hair and eyes, and a pale complexion.By some later writers taken as connoting a dark complexion (see etymological note above).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > division by types of hair or skin > [noun]

Melanochroi1865

Leiotrichi1866

Melanoi1866

Xanthochroi1866

Xanthomelanoi1866

1865 T. H. Huxley in Fortn. Rev. 1 268 The people inhabiting the area thus roughly sketched have, like the Xanthochroi, prominent noses, pale skins and wavy hair, with abundant beards; but, unlike them, the hair is black or dark, and the eyes usually so. They may thence be called the Melanochroi... They are known as Kelts, Iberians, Etruscans, Romans, Pelasgians, Berbers, Semites.

1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 113/2 The Melanochroi, or dark whites, differ..in the darkening of the complexion to brownish and olive, and of the eyes and hair to black.

1878 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. xxxiv. 580 Dark-complexioned, black-haired and black-eyed Melanochroi.

1911 Encycl. Brit. II. 748/1 The Melanochroi are not considered by Huxley to be one of the primitive modifications of mankind, but rather to be a result of the admixture of the Xanthochroi with the Australoid type.

1962 Current Anthropol. 3 10/1 Flower's Mongolian type includes Eskimos, Malays, and American Indians, while his Caucasians consist of only Xanthochroi and Melanochroi.

1985 Science 12 Apr. 172/2 In placing his Xanthochroi and Melanochroi (northern and southern Europeans respectively) at the top..he introduced the common but non-zoological notions of ‘higher’ and ‘lower’ into his scheme.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	melanochroi
释义	Melanochroin. Brit. /mɛləˈnɒkrəʊʌɪ/, /mɛləˈnɒkrɔɪ/, U.S. /mɛləˈnɑkroʊˌaɪ/, /mɛləˈnɑkrɔɪ/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: melano- comb. form, Greek ὠχροί. Etymology: < melano- comb. form + ancient Greek ὠχροί, masculine plural of ὠχρός pale (see ochre n.).The sense in quot. 1878 implies a false etymology < ancient Greek μελανόχροι , masculine plural of μελανόχροος dark-complexioned < μελανο- melano- comb. form + χρόα skin. Huxley's coinage is unusual in showing the Greek plural form rather than substitution of -i after Latin; compare also Melanoi n., Xanthochroi n. Physical Anthropology. Now historical. With plural agreement. In T. H. Huxley's classification of the varieties of humankind: a subdivision of the smooth-haired class Leiotrichi with dark hair and eyes, and a pale complexion.By some later writers taken as connoting a dark complexion (see etymological note above). ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > division by types of hair or skin > [noun] Melanochroi1865 Leiotrichi1866 Melanoi1866 Xanthochroi1866 Xanthomelanoi1866 1865 T. H. Huxley in Fortn. Rev. 1 268 The people inhabiting the area thus roughly sketched have, like the Xanthochroi, prominent noses, pale skins and wavy hair, with abundant beards; but, unlike them, the hair is black or dark, and the eyes usually so. They may thence be called the Melanochroi... They are known as Kelts, Iberians, Etruscans, Romans, Pelasgians, Berbers, Semites. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 113/2 The Melanochroi, or dark whites, differ..in the darkening of the complexion to brownish and olive, and of the eyes and hair to black. 1878 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. xxxiv. 580 Dark-complexioned, black-haired and black-eyed Melanochroi. 1911 Encycl. Brit. II. 748/1 The Melanochroi are not considered by Huxley to be one of the primitive modifications of mankind, but rather to be a result of the admixture of the Xanthochroi with the Australoid type. 1962 Current Anthropol. 3 10/1 Flower's Mongolian type includes Eskimos, Malays, and American Indians, while his Caucasians consist of only Xanthochroi and Melanochroi. 1985 Science 12 Apr. 172/2 In placing his Xanthochroi and Melanochroi (northern and southern Europeans respectively) at the top..he introduced the common but non-zoological notions of ‘higher’ and ‘lower’ into his scheme. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1865
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