Meanings
comparative more xanthochroid · superlative most xanthochroid
- datedanthropologyPertaining to the Xanthochroi; having fair hair and a pale complexion.
plural xanthochroids
- datedanthropologyA member of the Xanthochroi.
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They may have been the first black people ever to set foot in Trasero County, certainly the first that many of the PR³ inhabitants had ever seen, so that a good deal of rudimentary history had to be gone over before the discussion even caught up with the present day. As this ground on, Rex grew impatient — he wanted to talk Revolution. But the brothers from BAAD seemed content to just play Trash The Xanthocroid with what, given this crowd, were some pretty easy shots.
1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, Random House, page 230
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