# blond

Pronunciation: say "BLOND" US /blɑnd/, UK /blɒnd/

## Adjective

1. Having hair of a pale golden or light yellowish color.
   - Simple: Having light yellow or pale golden hair.
   - _Their new neighbor is tall and blond, with a big friendly smile._
   - _Both children were blond until their hair darkened in adolescence._
2. Of a light yellowish shade, like pale gold or something bleached.
   - Simple: Pale golden or light yellow in color.
   - _The carpenter chose blond timber for the cabinet doors._
   - _Sunlight gave the sand a soft blond tone along the shore._
6. Another spelling of blonde: foolish or scatterbrained, in the way blonde people are stereotypically pictured. — Alternative spelling of blonde (“stupid”).
   - Simple: Another spelling of blonde: silly or foolish, from a joke idea that blonde people are not smart.
   - _She laughed at herself for being so blond about the directions._
   - _It was a blond thing to say in front of the whole office._

## Noun

3. A person whose hair is a pale golden or light yellowish color.
   - Simple: A person who has pale golden or light yellow hair.
   - _A striking blond stepped onto the stage to thunderous applause._
   - _The team's two blonds were often mistaken for siblings._
4. The pale yellowish to golden-brown color typical of fair hair, or a similar shade.
   - Simple: A light golden brown color, often used to describe hair.
   - _Her natural blond had darkened over the years to a light brown._
   - _The designer matched the upholstery to a muted blond._
5. A beer brewed to a pale golden color.
   - Simple: A type of pale, golden-colored beer.
   - _She poured a crisp blond into a tall, frosted glass._
   - _The pub keeps three blonds on tap year-round._

## Verb

7. To color or dye something a pale golden shade.
   - Simple: To dye someone's hair a pale yellow or golden color.
   - _The colorist blonded the actress's hair for the role._
   - _Salons often blond clients' eyebrows to match a new hair color._

## Origin

Borrowed from Middle French "blond," from Old French "blond," from Frankish "*blund" (a mixed color between golden and light-brown), going back to Proto-Germanic "*blundaz" and a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to become turbid, see badly, go blind." An alternative account instead links the Frankish word to a root meaning "blond, red-haired," which would make it cognate with Sanskrit "bradhná" (ruddy, pale red, yellowish).

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