blonde
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adjective
1.
(of a woman or girl) having fair hair and usually fair skin and light eyes.
noun
2.
a woman or girl having this coloration.
Origin:
see blond
see blond
Related forms
blonde·ness, noun
Usage note
The spelling blonde is still widely used for the noun that specifies a woman or girl with fair hair: The blonde with the baby in her arms is my anthropology professor. Some people object to this as an unnecessary distinction, preferring blond for all persons: My sister is thinking of becoming a blond for a while. As an adjective, the word is more usually spelled blond in reference to either sex (an energetic blond girl; two blond sons), although the form blonde is occasionally still used of a female: the blonde model and her escort. The spelling blond is almost always used for the adjective describing hair, complexion, etc.: His daughter has blond hair and hazel eyes.
The spelling blonde is still widely used for the noun that specifies a woman or girl with fair hair: The blonde with the baby in her arms is my anthropology professor. Some people object to this as an unnecessary distinction, preferring blond for all persons: My sister is thinking of becoming a blond for a while. As an adjective, the word is more usually spelled blond in reference to either sex (an energetic blond girl; two blond sons), although the form blonde is occasionally still used of a female: the blonde model and her escort. The spelling blond is almost always used for the adjective describing hair, complexion, etc.: His daughter has blond hair and hazel eyes.
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blonde (blɒnd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of women's hair) of a light colour; fair |
| 2. | (of a person, people or a race) having fair hair, a light complexion, and, typically, blue or grey eyes |
| 3. | (of soft furnishings, wood, etc) light in colour |
| —n | |
| 4. | a person, esp a woman, having light-coloured hair and skin |
| 5. | Also called: blonde lace a French pillow lace, originally of unbleached cream-coloured Chinese silk, later of bleached or black-dyed silk |
| [C15: from Old French blond (fem blonde), probably of Germanic origin; related to Late Latin blundus yellow, Italian biondo, Spanish blondo] | |
| 'blondeness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
He was pale pink, with poker-straight reddish-brown hair that later grew into platinum-blonde curls.
Her straightened hair had been streaked with blonde highlights, and her skin glowed.
One has dark curly hair with green eyes and the other has straight blonde hair with blue eyes.
In this video, particularly during the cage sequence, there is a lot of dyed-blonde hair-flipping.
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