blonde

Etymology

From Middle French blonde f. See blond.

noun

1. Alternative form of blond">blond (person of fair hair). (Used especially of a woman. See the usage notes in the entry blond">blond.)
2. Alternative form of blond (pale golden brown color).
   blonde:
3. (film, television, theater) A kind of 2,000-watt lamp.
   Coordinate term: redhead
   Most [camera crews] carry two blondes and three redheads or their equivalents. Blondes are 2000 watt lamps traditionally with yellow heads (or shells) used to light fairly large areas — also referred to as 2Ks — and redheads smaller 800 watt lamps traditionally with red shells to light faces. 2012, Colin Hart, Television Program Making, page 63

adj

1. (especially of a woman) Alternative form of blond
   So the great wasteful summer days went by, the glory of the passionate nights of July, the crisper blonde luxuriance of August. 1895, S. R. Crockett, A Cry Across the Black Water
2. (especially of a woman, offensive) Stupid, ignorant, naive.
   Emma's already huge green eyes widen and she gives me this look like, “Oh my God, sometimes you are just so blonde!” 2005, Nancy Bartholomew, Lethally Blonde, Silhouette, page 8
   I was so blonde I honestly had no idea why he got so angry. He cooled on me for a week or so. 2014, Aviva Drescher, Leggy Blonde: A Memoir, Simon and Schuster
   “She was so blonde, she studied for a blood test, when she went to the airport and saw a sign that said, 'Airport Left,' she turned around and went home, when she heard that 90% of all crimes occur around the home, she moved. 2003, Bennett Fairorth, The Land Where My American Mother Died--Palermo, Sicily, iUniverse, page 201

verb

1. (especially of a woman) Alternative form of blond
   Most women who blonde their hair today have been doing it for several years. 1964, LIFE, volume 56, number 10, page 25