blond
blond Lexical Profile
blond Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Having fair, pale yellow, or golden hair and often a light complexion.
"The young boy had curly blond hair and bright blue eyes."
Having a pale, warm yellowish or light-toned color, especially in reference to wood, beer, or tobacco.
"They furnished the dining room with a sleek table made of blond oak."
• noun
A person, especially a man or boy, with fair or pale yellow hair.
"The tall blond standing near the entrance is our new project manager."
A pale yellowish or golden-brown color, particularly as a shade of hair.
"Her hair was dyed a striking shade of platinum blond."
Word Nuance & Usage
Following French grammatical gender conventions, 'blond' is traditionally used for males and as a gender-neutral adjective, while 'blonde' is reserved for females, though both spellings are often used interchangeably in modern English.
• Rhymes for blond
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 15th century from Old French blond ('fair-haired'), probably of Germanic origin or from Medieval Latin blondus ('yellow').