What's the difference between flamen and flaxen?

Flamen


Definition:

  • (n.) A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.

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Flaxen


Definition:

  • (a.) Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow; as, flaxen thread; flaxen hair.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Boris must have been tearing out those flaxen locks, desperate for Guppy to stop "defending" him – he'd doubtless try to strangle him with the old school tie if he could.
  • (2) For the study 12 varieties of flaxen thread, of surgical thickness "0", were used, including 3 groups of raw thread of various twists, 3 groups of cleaned thread, 2 groups of mercerized thread, 4 groups of threads covered with specially prepared preparations on the basis od silicon polymers and polyurethanes.
  • (3) Edward Fox is something of a Flemingesque dreamboat, with his flaxen locks, his aristocratic lockjaw and his subaltern's bearing (I imagine Fox as Freddie Forsyth's idealised version of himself ).

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