blonde

  • 21blonde — adj slow witted, vapid, scatterbrained. The pejorative use followed the rash of jokes which circulated internationally from around 1999, based on the supposed vacuity of blonde females and rein forced by Hollywood comedies such as Legally Blonde …

    Contemporary slang

  • 22blonde — adjective (also blond) (of hair) fair or pale yellow. ↘having fair hair and a light complexion. noun 1》 a woman with blonde hair. 2》 the colour of blonde hair. Derivatives blondish adjective blondness noun Origin C17 (earlier as blond): from Fr …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 23blonde — [[t]blɒnd[/t]] adj. 1) cvb (of a woman or girl) having fair hair 2) cvb a woman or girl having this coloration • Etymology: see blond blonde′ness, n. usage: blonde is still widely used for the noun specifying a woman or girl with fair hair. Some… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 24blonde — blond, blonde These two forms retain a trace of the grammatical gender they have in French, since blonde is normally used (as a noun and an adjective) of a woman. With blond, however, the distinction is less clear cut: a blond, or a blond person …

    Modern English usage

  • 25blonde — 1 adjective 1 blonde hair is pale or yellow in colour 2 a woman who is blonde has pale or yellow hair 2 noun (C) informal a woman with pale or yellow coloured hair: a beautiful blonde …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26Blonde — Blond Blond, Blonde Blonde, a. [F., fair, light, of uncertain origin; cf. AS. blonden feax gray haired, old, prop. blended haired, as a mixture of white and brown or black. See {Blend}, v. t. ] Of a fair color; light colored; as, blond hair; a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 27BLONDE — s. f. Espèce de dentelle de soie. Coiffure de blonde. Fichu de petite blonde …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 28blonde — n. a natural; platinum blonde * * * [blɒnd] platinum blonde a natural …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 29Blonde — »eine kühle Blonde«, eine Glas Berliner Weißbier. Vielleicht in Nachahmung von frz. ›une bière blonde‹ …

    Berlinerische Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • 30blonde — adj I blond [blɒnd] 1) blonde hair is pale yellow in colour 2) with pale yellow hair II noun [C] blonde [blɒnd] a woman with pale yellow hair • See: brunette, redhead …

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