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Bloodless

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lacking blood; ashen, anaemic.

    "My bloodleſſe bodie waxeth chill and colde, And with my blood my life ſlides through my wound, My ſoule begins to take her flight to hell, And ſummones all my ſences to depart: […]"

  2. 2
    Taking place without loss of blood.

    "a bloodless conquest; a bloodless coup d'état; a bloodless revolution; a bloodless victory"

  3. 3
    Lacking emotion, passion or vivacity. figuratively

    "Those Philharmonic subscribers who considered Guest Conductor Igor Stravinsky too bloodless and ascetic […] last week found his successor, Georges Enesco, more to their taste."

Adjective
  1. 1
    destitute of blood or apparently so wordnet
  2. 2
    free from blood or bloodshed wordnet
  3. 3
    anemic looking from illness or emotion wordnet
  4. 4
    devoid of human emotion or feeling wordnet
  5. 5
    without vigor or zest or energy wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English blodles, from Old English blōdlēas (“bloodless”). Cognate with Dutch bloedeloos (“bloodless”), German blutlos (“bloodless”), Danish blodløs (“bloodless”), Swedish blodlös (“bloodless”), Icelandic blóðlaus (“bloodless”). By surface analysis, blood + -less.

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