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blond

  [blond] adjective, -er, -est, noun
Use blondest in a Sentence
–adjective
1. (of hair, skin, etc.) light-colored: the child's soft blond curls.
2. (of a person) having light-colored hair and skin.
3. (of furniture wood) light in tone.
–noun
4. a blond person.
5. silk lace, originally unbleached but now often dyed any of various colors, esp. white or black.
Origin:
1475–85; < MF blonde blond, light brown, fem. of blond < Gmc; akin to OE blondenfeax grayhaired, L flāvus yellow (see flavo- )

Related forms:
blondness, noun
blondish, adjective

Usage note:
See blonde.

blonde

  [blond]
–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

Related forms:
blondeness, 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.
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blond also blonde   (blŏnd)   
adj.   blond·er, blond·est

  1. Having fair hair and skin and usually light eyes: blond Scandinavians.

  2. Of a flaxen or golden color or of any light shade of auburn or pale yellowish brown: blond hair.

  3. Light-colored through bleaching: blond furniture.

n.  

  1. A person with fair hair and skin and usually light eyes.

  2. A light yellowish brown to dark grayish yellow.


[Middle English blounde, from Old French blonde, of Germanic origin; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
blond'ish adj., blond'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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