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bloody flux

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noun

  1. dysentery.


Etymology

Origin of bloody flux

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

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

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

“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 "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Though the queen had let the Astapori starve outside her walls to keep the bloody flux from spreading, it was spreading nonetheless.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson