Re: OT: Blond(e) (Was Re: Genitives and Possessive Adjectives)

To solve the question for good, I looked
it up.  According to American
Heritage Dictionary's online version
at Bartleby.com:

brunet

ADJECTIVE: 1. Of a dark complexion or coloring. 2. Having dark brown or
black hair or eyes.
NOUN: A person with dark brown hair.
ETYMOLOGY: French, from Old French, diminutive of brun, brown, of Germanic
origin. See bher-2 in Appendix I.


brunette

ADJECTIVE: Having dark or brown hair.
NOUN: A girl or woman with dark or brown hair.
ETYMOLOGY: French, feminine of brunet. See brunet.

So clearly they are separate words, though brunet
doesn't specifically refer to a male, per se.  And FYI
the term blonde doesn't show up in that dictionary at
all, except in the French etymology of blond.

Jake