flaxy

English

Etymology

flax +‎ -y

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -æksi

Adjective

flaxy (comparative more flaxy, superlative most flaxy)

  1. Like flax; flaxen.
    • 1634, Miles Sandys, Prudence:
      The Flaxie, having whiteneſſe, appertaines to Temperance, because it makes Candidam & mundam animam.

References

“flaxy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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