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blondness

blondness

1 3.2
A quality of having light yellow hair, often with pale skin
  • noun
  • /ˈblɑndnəs/
: color rubio
  • Austrian-Hungarian empire, though that doesn't account for my blondness.
  • the blondness of her hair

Examples

  • And he, of course, will laugh as he devours their blondness, knowing very well he had as much as any of the privileged he met at the Ivy League, except for me.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Her blondness was striking, making her stand out in the crowd.

  • All brunettes to show off her blondness.

    Gypsy (1962)

  • I looked at his archetypal blondness.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • But in me, my mother's silver blondness has been thrown back to mouse-brown.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • He liked her height, her blondness and fair skin, and those smoky-green eyes that told him so much about her.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Silas's blondness outshines his mother's and his brothers'.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Harry's own hair, its blondness dirtied and dulled by gray, is thinning back from his temples.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The artist captured the sunlight reflecting off her hair, highlighting her natural blondness.

  • Many people admire the blondness of sun-kissed hair during the summer months.

How Blonde

light-haired
1 2.6
blondness
1 3.2
fair
156 1.0
dark-haired
23 1.5

Surface Forms

blondness singular
blondnesses plural

Morphology

blondness = blond (transparent) = blond + ness

The noun is a straightforward derivation from the adjective 'blond' with the productive suffix '-ness' meaning 'the state or quality of being blond'.

Etymology

Blondness comes from the simple word blond, which originally meant 'golden' or 'light' hair. So blondness is the state of having light or golden hair or complexion.