"flaxen" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈflæk.sən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flaxen.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -æksən Etymology: From Middle English flaxen, flexon, flexin, from Old English fleaxen (“of flax; flaxen”), equivalent to flax + -en (“made of”). Compare Dutch vlassen. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flaxen}} Middle English flaxen, {{m|enm|flexon}} flexon, {{m|enm|flexin}} flexin, {{inh|en|ang|fleaxen|t=of flax; flaxen}} Old English fleaxen (“of flax; flaxen”), {{af|en|flax|-en|id2=made of|t2=made of}} flax + -en (“made of”), {{cog|nl|vlassen}} Dutch vlassen Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} flaxen
  1. Made of or resembling flax fibers. Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-flaxen-en-adj-957vwi20 Disambiguation of Fabrics: 60 40 Categories (other): English adjectives ending in -en, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -en (made of) Disambiguation of English adjectives ending in -en: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 92 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (made of): 97 3
  2. (of hair) A pale yellow brown as of dried flax; blonde. Categories (topical): Browns, Yellows
    Sense id: en-flaxen-en-adj-5rCpkxXe Disambiguation of Browns: 19 81 Disambiguation of Yellows: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: blond, linen, tow, towhead Translations (color): светложълт (svetložǎlt) (Bulgarian), 亚麻色 (Chinese Mandarin), pellavan värinen (Finnish), de lin (French), flachsfarben (German), lenszőke (Hungarian), buíbhán (Irish), fionn (note: of hair) (Irish), 亜麻色の (amairo no) (alt: あまいろの) (Japanese), flāvus (Latin), kōrito (note: of hair) (Maori), lniany [masculine] (Polish), jasnobrązowy [masculine] (Polish), cor de linho [feminine] (Portuguese), lingul (Swedish) Translations (material): ленен (lenen) (Bulgarian), hørfarvet (Danish), vlassen (Dutch), pellavainen (Finnish), flachsen (German), pellovain (Ingrian), 亜麻製の (amasei no) (alt: あませいの) (Japanese), līneus (Latin), flaxen (Middle English), lniany [masculine] (Polish), льняно́й (lʹnjanój) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'color': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'material': 0 0

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