flaxen

F4L1A1X8E1N1
/ˈflæk.sən/

adjective

Made of or resembling flax fibers.

“The couple and their children have flaxen hair.”

Similar
sandyblondblondelight-haired
OriginMiddle English flaxen ← Old English fleaxen →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. Made of or resembling flax fibers.
  2. A pale yellow brown as of dried flax; blonde.

    The couple and their children have flaxen hair.

    1 more example

    In Snorri's Skaldskaparmal (see Faulkes 1998 [1987]: 96), Loki cropped Sif’s (presumably blonde or flaxen) hair, seemingly out of spite, a cropping which compares to the harvesting of corn.

    2005, Nathan J. Johnson, Robert J. Wallis, Galdrbok: Practical Heathen Runecraft, Shamanism and Magic, page 309

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown

Similar
sandyblondblondelight-haired
Also see
blondblondesandy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishfleaxen“of flax; flaxen”
  2. Middle Englishflaxen
  3. Englishflaxen

From Middle English flaxen, flexon, flexin, from Old English fleaxen (“of flax; flaxen”), equivalent to flax + -en (“made of”). Compare Dutch vlassen.

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Translations

Bulgarian светложълт, ленен
  • светложълт (svetložălt)color
  • ленен (lenen)material
Chinese Mandarin 亚麻色
  • 亚麻色color
Danish hørfarvet
  • hørfarvetmaterial
Dutch vlasblond, vlassen
  • vlasblondcolor
  • vlassenmaterial
Finnish pellavan värinen, pellavainen
  • pellavan värinencolor
  • pellavainenmaterial
French de lin
  • de lincolor
German flachsfarben, flachsen
  • flachsfarbencolor
  • flachsenmaterial
Hungarian lenszőke
  • lenszőkecolor
Irish buíbhán, fionn
  • buíbháncolor
  • fionncolor
Japanese 亜麻色の, 亜麻製の
  • 亜麻色の (amairo no)color
  • 亜麻製の (amasei no)material
Latin flāvus, līneus
  • flāvuscolor
  • līneusmaterial
Māori kōrito
  • kōritocolor
Polish lniany, jasnobrązowy
  • lnianycolor
  • jasnobrązowycolor
  • lnianymaterial
Portuguese cor de linho
  • cor de linhocolor
Russian льняно́й, льно́вый
  • льняно́й (lʹnjanój)material
  • льно́вый (lʹnóvyj)material
Swedish lingul
  • lingulcolor

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with flaxen

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Cite this entry
APA

flaxen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flaxen

MLA

“flaxen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flaxen. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flaxen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flaxen.

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