sanguinolent

[ sang-gwin-l-uhnt ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to blood.

  2. containing or tinged with blood; bloody.

Origin of sanguinolent

1
1400–50; <Latin sanguinolentus, equivalent to sanguin- stem of sanguis blood + -olentus earlier form of -ulentus-ulent

Other words from sanguinolent

  • san·guin·o·len·cy, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for sanguinolent

sanguinolent

/ (sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt) /


adjective
  1. containing, tinged with, or mixed with blood

Origin of sanguinolent

1
C15: from Latin sanguinolentus, from sanguis blood

Derived forms of sanguinolent

  • sanguinolency, noun

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