blound

English

Etymology

Irregularization of blind, by analogy with bind/bound.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblaʊnd/
• Rhymes: -aʊnd

Verb

blound

1. (nonstandard, humorous) simple past and past participle of blind
   • 1912 October 2, George B. Morewood, “A Victim of Irregularity”, in Puck, volume 72, number 1857:

     Of earlier days, I think, he thought
     Ere Hymen's bonds had bound—
     Before his links were firmly lought—
     When he by blond was blound.

   • Dizzy Dean (1910–1974), quoted by Steven Pinker, in The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language, W. Morrow and Company, New York (1994), p. 140.

     The center fielder was all set to catch the ball, but at the last minute his eyes were blound by the sun and he dropped it!

   • 1969, Jay Cline, Voices in Literature, Language, and Composition, book 1, p. 109:

     The boy was thrould, as he pept through eyes that once had been blound by an explosion.

Synonyms

• blinded

Anagrams

• unbold