Sanguineous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sanguineous \San*guin"e*ous\, a. [L. sanguineus. See
     {Sanguine}.]
     1. Abounding with blood; sanguine.
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     2. Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood.


        --Sir T. Browne.
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     3. Blood-red; crimson. --Keats.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sanguineous
       adj : accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war"
             [syn: {gory}, {sanguinary}, {slaughterous}, {butcherly}]