blond

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French blond m, from Old French blond, blont, blund, (> Medieval Latin blondus), from Frankish *blund (“a mixed color between golden and light-brown”), from Proto-Germanic *blundaz (“mixed, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to become turbid, see badly, go blind”). Compare Old English blondenfeax (“grey-haired”), Old English blandan (“to mix”). More at blend. Alternative etymology connects Frankish *blund to Proto-Germanic *blundaz (“blond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥ndʰ-, *bʰlendʰ- (“blond, red-haired”). If so, then it would be cognate with Sanskrit ब्रध्न (bradhná, “ruddy, pale red, yellowish”).

adj

1. Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
   blond hair
   blond ale
   blond beer
   She has a blond complexion, with brown hair and gray eyes. 1914, “American Anthropologist”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
   If you're going one or two shades lighter, don't even touch your brows. But if you're making a big change, soften them by tinting them with home haircolor: a lighter shade of brown for blonder shades, a golden shade if you're dyeing your hair red. 2011 Feb, “Beauty Confessions”, in Redbook, volume 216, number 2, page 60
2. (of a person) Having blond hair.
   He seemed—somehow—younger than I had ever been, and blonder and more beautiful, and he wore his masculinity as unequivocally as he wore his skin. 1956, James Baldwin, chapter 2, in Giovanni's Room, Penguin, published 2001, Part 2
   Blonde bombshells have been around since the beginning of time, but lately, stars have really been stepping up their golden-haired game. 2012 Jan, “The Best Blonde Hair Color in Hollywood”, in Cosmopolitan
3. Alternative spelling of blonde (“stupid”)
   “She was so blond, that where it said 'sign here,' she wrote Gemini.” He had given her only the weakest of smiles. 2010, Mariah Stewart, Moon Dance, Simon & Schuster
   Katelyn's laugh was nearly uncontrollable. “You are so blond sometimes,” she said with a long laughing sigh, but then calmed herself down. 2002, Michael Jay, The Altherian Code, iUniverse, page 118

noun

1. (color) A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color.
   blond:
2. A person with this hair color.

verb

1. (transitive) To color or dye blond.