blond

• POS: Adjective, Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

blond, a. [F., fair, light, of uncertain origin; cf. AS. blonden-feax gray-haired, old, prop. blended-haired, as a mixture of white and brown or black. See Blend, v. t. ].

 Of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

blond, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (of hair) light-coloured; fair.
2 (of the complexion, esp. as an indication of race) light-coloured.
--n. a person, esp. a man, with fair hair and skin.

Derivative

blondish adj. blondness n.

Etymology

ME f. F f. med.L blondus, blundus yellow, perh. of Gmc orig.

THESAURUS

blond

ash blond, ash-blond, bleached blond, bleached-blond, blond-haired, blond-headed, brunet, carrottop, champagne, flaxen, flaxen-haired, golden, golden-haired, goldilocks, honey blond, honey-blond, light, peroxide blond, peroxide-blond, platinum, platinum blond, platinum-blond, redhead, straw, strawberry blond, towhead, towheaded, xanthous

ROGET THESAURUS

blond

Achromatism

N achromatism, decoloration, discoloration, pallor, pallidness, pallidity, paleness, etiolation, neutral tint, monochrome, black and white, uncolored &c (color), colorless, achromatic, aplanatic, etiolate, etiolated, hueless, pale, pallid, palefaced, tallow-faced, faint, dull, cold, muddy, leaden, dun, wan, sallow, dead, dingy, ashy, ashen, ghastly, cadaverous, glassy, lackluster, discolored, light-colored, fair, blond, white, pale as death, pale as ashes, pale as a witch, pale as a ghost, pale as a corpse, white as a corpse.

Whiteness

N whiteness, argent, albification, etiolation, lactescence, snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster, albata, eburin, German silver, white metal, barium sulphate, titanium oxide, blanc fixe, ceruse, pearl white, white lead, carbonate of lead, white, milk-white, snow-white, snowy, niveous, candid, chalky, hoar, hoary, silvery, argent, argentine, canescent, cretaceous, lactescent, whitish, creamy, pearly, fair, blond, blanched, high in tone, light, white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver, like ivory.