flaxen

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈflæk.sən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æksən

flaxen

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

   flaxen:  

   The couple and their children have flaxen hair.

• blond
• linen
• tow, towhead
• Appendix:Colors

• flexin, flexon

Inherited from Old English fleaxen; equivalent to flax +‎ -en (“made of”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈflaksən/, /flɛksən/

flaxen

1. Flaxen; made out of flax.

• English: flaxen
• Yola: vlaxen

• “flexen, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.