Blood red

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dark red color.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a deep vivid red color.

Synonyms

All synonyms
crimsonsreddest earthruby

Etymology

From Middle English blodred, blodread, Old English blōdrēad (“bloodred”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdaraud, from Proto-Germanic *blōþaraudaz, equivalent to blood + red. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bloudrood (“bloodred”), West Frisian bloedread (“bloodred”), Dutch bloedrood (“bloodred”), Low German bloodrood (“bloodred”), German blutrot (“bloodred”), Swedish blodröd (“bloodred”), Icelandic blóðrauður (“bloodred”).

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