Tending towards a yellow colour; pert. to a certain heavy, oily, fluid acid.
On this day, it was ornamental designs engraved on tombstones, xanthic blooms of Magnolia trees, the flight of birds observed from the car, and now nests under a bridge. "An Apostate: Nawin of Thais", Steven Sills
On this day, it was ornamental designs engraved on tombstones, xanthic blooms of Magnolia trees, the flight of birds observed from the car, and now nests under a bridge.
Fit; proper; befitting; as, respect for old age is becoming in a young person. ...