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   blonde

   /blɒnd/

   adjective

   • 1. (of hair) fair or pale yellow: "her long blonde hair" Similar fairlightlight-colouredlight-tonedyellowflaxentow-colouredstrawberry blondeyellowishgoldensilversilveryplatinumash blondebleachedsun-bleachedperoxidebottle-blondeOpposite dark
   • ▪ having hair of a fair or pale yellow colour: "a tall blonde woman" Similar fair-hairedlight-hairedgolden-hairedtow-headedOpposite brunette
   • ▪ having fair hair and a light complexion (especially when regarded as a racial characteristic): "she was blonde and blue-eyed"
   • ▪ (of wood or another substance) light in colour: "a New York office full of blonde wood"

   noun

   • 1. a person with fair or pale yellow hair (typically used of a woman).
   • ▪ the colour of blonde hair: "her hair was yellow—not any shade of blonde, but yellow"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from French blond, blonde, from medieval Latin blundus ‘yellow’, perhaps from Germanic.

   Derivatives

   • 1. blondish adjective
   • 2. blondness noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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