flaxen

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈflæk.sən/
• Rhymes: -æksən

flaxen

1. Made of or resembling flax fibers.
   • The couple and their children have flaxen hair.
2. A pale yellow brown; the colour of dried flax stalks and of the fiber obtained therefrom.

   flaxen:  

• 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.