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flaxen

[flak-suhn]

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adjective

made of flax.

pertaining to flax.

resembling flax.

of the pale yellowish color of dressed flax.

Also, flax·y.

Origin:
1510–20; flax + -en²

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flaxen or flaxy (ˈflæksən)

—*adj*
1.	of, relating to, or resembling flax
2.	of a soft yellow colour: flaxen hair

flaxy or flaxy

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

flaxen

"made of flax," O.E. fleaxen; see from flax + -en (2). as "the color of flax" (usually with reference to hair) it is attested from 1520s.

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