melanochrousadj.
/mɛləˈnɒkrəs/, U.S. /mɛləˈnɑkrəs/, /ˈˌmɛləˈˌnɑkrəwəs/ Physical Anthropology. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete.
= melanochroic adj.
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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > division by types of hair or skin > [adjective]
xanthous1829
ulotrichous1857
melanochrous1865
xanthochrous1865
xanthomelanous1865
xanthochroid1869
melanochroic1870
xanthochroic1870
melanochroid1878
xanthochroous1891
xanthochrooid1909
1865 T. H. Huxley in Fortn. Rev. 1 272 Among Europeans, the melanochrous people are less obnoxious to its [sc. yellow fever's] ravages than the xanthochrous.
1910 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 40 12 I had refused to regard the short-skulled Alpine race as differing materially from the dark long-headed melanochrous race found in Italy, Greece and Spain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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