sanguineous

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Definition of sanguineous

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Accompanied by bloodshed; bloody.
    “[F]or swinging of incense-pans and Eighty-three Departmental Banners, we have waving of the one sanguineous Drapeau Rouge [red flag].”
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adj

  1. Accompanied by bloodshed; bloody.
    “[F]or swinging of incense-pans and Eighty-three Departmental Banners, we have waving of the one sanguineous Drapeau Rouge [red flag].”
  2. Eager for bloody violence; bloodthirsty.
  3. Resembling or constituting blood.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sanguineus. Doublet of sanguine.

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