I get a word of the day in my email and every now and then I get an interesting one. Here's one below that applies to J or I (sorry J :p)
xanthous \ZAN-thuhs\, adjective:
yellow; yellowish
King Elvis, who is not quite alert today, bares his rockin' soul on "Geraldo," yelling Michael Jackson's very unique, xanthous features complement zany daughter LisaMarie Presley.
-- The Atlantic, 1995-07-14
by 1829, from Greek xanthos "yellow," of unknown origin. Prefix form xantho- is used in many scientific words
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