Cruentate

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Smeared with blood. obsolete

    "Atomical aporrheas […] passing from the cruentate cloth or weapon to the wound."

Synonyms

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bloodiedcruentous

Example

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"Atomical aporrheas […] passing from the cruentate cloth or weapon to the wound."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cruentātus, perfect passive participle of cruentō (“to make bloody”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from cruentus (“bloody”), from cruor.

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