sanguinolent

Middle English

/sanɡwiˈnɔːlɛnt/

adj
Definitions
  • Emitting blood or having blood flow out; currently bleeding.
  • Forestalling or countering bloodflow or blood spurting.
  • Blood-coloured; having the same colour of blood.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sanguinolent derived from Latin sanguinolentus (of blood).

Origin

Latin

sanguinolentus

Gloss

of blood

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