blond

adjlight-haired

Word Origin & History

late 15c., from Old French blont "fair, blond" (12c.), from Medieval Latin blundus "yellow," perhaps from Frankish *blund. If it is a Germanic word, it is possibly related to Old English blonden-feax "gray-haired," from blondan, blandan "to mix" (see blend (v.)). According to Littré, the original sense of the French word was "a colour midway between golden and light chestnut," which might account for the notion of "mixed."

Old English beblonden meant "dyed," so it is also possible that the root meaning of blonde, if it is Germanic, may be "dyed," as ancient Teutonic warriors were noted for dying their hair. Du Cange, however, writes that blundus was a vulgar pronunciation ...

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Anyhow, five young Englishmen out of every ten of his class are just as blond and foolish.

The blond well-kept man seemed to be swelling with embarrassment.

Brunette or blond, beautiful or otherwise, it needed but a moment to find out.

Never had the blond Ulla so entirely agreed with him before.

Then, their hair is different, Mrs. Withers' black, Miss Fulton's blond.

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