bloody flux

American  

noun

1. dysentery.

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Etymology

Origin of bloody flux

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

Johnson writes, “Hollywood representations of pirates and privateers tend to focus on the battle scenes, with cannonballs firing and elaborate sword fights on deck, but the reality of life at sea during this period was that you were more likely to die from the ‘bloody flux’ — as dysentery was called back then — than you were to be struck down in armed conflict.”

From Washington Post

We had a one-day flux, which we feared was a bloody flux.

From Literature

The crews of the galleys denied it; the deaths were from a bloody flux.

From Literature

“Your Grace, I have known the bloody flux to destroy whole armies when left to spread unchecked. The seneschal is right. We cannot have the Astapori in Meereen.”

From Literature

“The bloody flux has been the bane of every army since the Dawn Age. Let us distribute the food, Your Grace.”

From Literature