Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The feminine of blond.
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of blond (person of fair hair). (Used especially of a woman. See the usage notes in the entry blond.)
- n. Alternative form of blond (pale golden brown color).
- adj. Alternative form of blond.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A person of very fair complexion, with light hair and light blue eyes.
- n. A kind of silk lace originally of the color of raw silk, now sometimes dyed; -- called also
blond lace .
WordNet 3.0
- adj. being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes
- n. a light grayish yellow to near white
- n. a person with fair skin and hair
Etymologies
- From Middle French blonde f.. For more, see the entry blond. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Starbucks chose the term "blonde" because "light" can "infer that something has been removed" or might confuse consumers who think of light coffee as having milk added, a spokeswoman says.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Hot Blonde in the Coffee Shop: A Lighter Roast
“That looks like like AZN Party, which makes the blonde is the ugliest thing confined within those walls, nothing of value was lost and a cupcake was had.”
“The next scary bit, she tries to hang onto her girl friend, but the blonde is already glued onto”
“Shellmound -- that tall, nice-lookin 'blonde that was with Butch”
“UM, when you get here, the first dinner the blonde is planning to make for you is one of your favorites, but for our second dinner we should order up a real Schenectady Special --- a feast of egg rolls, won-ton soup, and ribs!”
“-- Brett getting pressured by the hot blonde from the croissant shop for sex and giving in after getting fooled by her "I'm leaving tomorrow for Delta Force sniper duty in Iraq" line.”
“Maybe if you put in blonde porn stars in hot jeans and tats and piercings you might stir sime interest in the prostitots crowd – but …”
Barsoomian update (the big movie, from ERBzine) « Third Point of Singularity
“Especially since we later find out how generic and replaceable a beautiful, buxom blonde is to these men.”
“Creole roux is often called blonde by Cajuns, while a Cajun roux is only so called if it cooks on the flame until the moment just before burning, and is quite smoky and nearly black.”
“Does that ruin blonde haired, blue eyed women for the rest of us, lest we be accused of agreeing with the Nazis?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘blonde’.
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The Pain of Texting
Words that are a pain in the ass to type in on a numerical keypad on a cell phone because they have consecutive letters that share the same button:
2 - ABC
3 - DEF
4 - GHI...defcon, hi, no, attitude, xylophone, on, monday, monkey, mono, dig, back, babble and 212 more...
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Colors/Patterns/Prints/Textures
fritillary, chartreuse, tortoise-shell, brindle, burnt orange, cerulean, amaranth, sandy, amber, mold, fungus, kiwi and 65 more...
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Colors
Words for colors, including things so associated with a color that they can be used in reference to a color.
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, purple, navy, lavender, turquoise, chartreuse and 218 more...
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strangelyrouge's Words
glockenspiel, gewgaw, jetsam, flotsam, gripe, grab, wench, whilst, betwixt, hither, thither, yonder and 1034 more...
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Words grabbed from real life conversa...
If I've seen it, heard it, or marvelled at it, I'll stick it here.
cruft, ermine, redundant, shakespearean, camino, marvelous, stupendous, chagrin, shaven, sleek, smug, stillness and 325 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Next!
salvific, redemptive, salvic, roil, changeling, barrow, burro, sow, swath, haymow, shock, sheaves and 190 more...
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wordrainbow
A big list of color names for use on wordrainbow.com
emerald, cherry, coffee, cream, almond, gold, kiwi, green, grass green, aquamarine, beet red, sepia and 714 more...
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words that will make me hit you if us...
utilize, entitle, which, that, ejected, ironic, literally, nauseous, amidst, anticipate, blonde, busses and 7 more...
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hair apparent
all things hair
shears, bleach, razor, mullet, blonde, redhead, tresses, sideburn, scrunchie, pomade, gel, afro and 12 more...
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babe
girlie, blonde, brunette, innocent, damsel, bombshell, bomb, sexbomb, coed, bimbo, bitch
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Give Me a Head With Hair
blonde, brunette, ginger, titian, redhead, follicle, afro, mullet, dandruff, pomade, bouffant, dreadlocks and 16 more...
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Mellifluous Words
farouche, charivari, rhadamanthine, amaranthine, mellifluous, serviette, luncheonette, vagrant, sorbet, nadir, vanguard, paladin and 76 more...
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genuinejessie's Words
cockatoo, goffins, glamour model, natural blonde, camera, website design, photographer, blogger, writing, journal, macro photography, glamour photography and 43 more...
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Pelage
Words used to describe the color and pattern of mammalian fur.
agouti, brindle, calico, tortoiseshell, roan, bay, bluepoint, claybank, ginger, palomino, cameo, chinchilla and 33 more...
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Weekly list(22-29/08/2010)
littering, to litter, attain, coherently, evolve, fundemental, illustrate, imply, portion, commute, alike, bunk and 11 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for blonde.
bilby Don't know c_b, I haven't seen the cliffs. I'll have to ask a Mønster. Mar 19, 2008
chained_bear Are the chalk cliffs actually yellow? Or is "blonde" being used here in the sense of "white"? Mar 18, 2008
sionnach 'Blonde as the chalk cliffs of Møn. Cold as an icy winter. Sharp as a German razor.'
Trite as a Hallmark card. Mar 18, 2008
bilby "'A female friend,' Kasper added. 'Blonde as the chalk cliffs of Møn. Cold as an icy winter. Sharp as a German razor.'"
- 'The Quiet Girl', Peter Høeg. Mar 18, 2008
slumry Sounds like some kind of hard-boiled fiction. ;-) It is a vivid image that you paint! Jul 18, 2007
uselessness The men who use the word this way are the same Hawaiian-shirted oily old cigar-chomping uncouths that refer to women as dames and broads over chintzy coffee mugs of gin in the husky light at a poker table. True story. Jul 18, 2007
slumry Specifically, a female person. Jul 18, 2007
tomsteele A person, not a hair color. Dec 24, 2006