## Meanings
1. With no writing, marks, or pictures on it; empty.
2. Showing no expression or feeling on the face.
3. (of a gun cartridge) Containing no bullet.

## Examples
- She handed me a blank sheet of paper.
- He gave me a blank stare when I asked the question.
- The actor's gun was loaded with blank cartridges.

## Related Forms
- blankshire

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *bʰleyǵ-
- Root: blank
- Root: blanc
- Root: *blank
- Root: *blankaz

## Etymology
From Middle English blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Anglo-Norman blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Old French blanc, feminine blanche, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”), Spanish blanco. More at blink, blind, blanch. Doublet of blanc.

## AI Etymology
Blank comes from Middle English blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Anglo-Norman blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Old French blanc, feminine blanche, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”), Spanish blanco. More at blink, blind, blanch. Doublet of blanc.

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- Emotions & Feelings

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