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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun blond has 2 senses
- blond(n = noun.person) blonde - a person with fair skin and hair; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- blond(n = noun.attribute) blonde - a light grayish yellow to near white; Array is a kind of chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
has particulars: peroxide blond, peroxide blonde, platinum blond, platinum blonde, towhead
Adjective blond has 1 sense
- blond(a = adj.all) blonde, light-haired - being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes; "blond Scandinavians"; "a house full of light-haired children" Derived form noun blondness1
Antonym: brunet
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.
--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, xanthousROGET THESAURUS
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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.
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