blond. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

blond

PRONUNCIATION:	blnd
VARIANT FORMS:	also blonde
ADJECTIVE:	Inflected forms: 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.
NOUN:	1. A person with fair hair and skin and usually light eyes. 2. A light yellowish brown to dark grayish yellow.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English blounde, from Old French blonde, of Germanic origin. See bhel-¹ in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	blondish —ADJECTIVE blondness —NOUN


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