Sanguinolent
//sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Containing or tinged with blood.
"On making a larger opening there issued three or four pints of a very sanguinolent fluid."
Example
More examples"On making a larger opening there issued three or four pints of a very sanguinolent fluid."
Etymology
From Middle English sanguinolent, from Old French sanguinolent, from Latin sanguinolentus (“of blood”).
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