Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Mixed or tinged with blood.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody; full of blood; sanguine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Containing or tinged with
blood .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A grandiloquence that sways uneasily between rodomontade and mere verbiage, a rotundity of diction, a choice of subjects which can only be described as sanguinolent, the use of the bludgeon where others would prefer a rapier.
G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study Julius West 1904
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Now this is actually so: in some the auricle presents itself as a sanguinolent vesicle, as a thin membrane containing blood, as in fishes, in which the sac that stands in lieu of the auricles is of such delicacy and ample capacity that it seems to be suspended or to float above the heart.
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Diarrhoea is a simple flux of the bowels, without either the sanguinolent discharges or the intestinal excoriation.
Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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Now this is actually so: in some the auricle presents itself as a sanguinolent vesicle, as a thin membrane containing blood, as in fishes, in which the sac that stands in lieu of the auricles is of such delicacy and ample capacity that it seems to be suspended or to float above the heart.
The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) Various
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The intestinal contents in such cases were not colorless, but consisted of a sanguinolent, ichorous, putrid fluid.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 Various
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Dysentery is a flux of the bowels with a sanguinolent discharge and excoriation of the intestines.
Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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Passing to speak of the microscopical character of the contents of the bowel, Dr. Koch said that owing to the sanguinolent and putrescent character of these in the cases first examined, no conclusion was arrived at for some time.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 Various
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Now this is actually so: in some the auricle presents itself as a sanguinolent vesicle, as a thin membrane containing blood, as in fishes, in which the sac that stands in lieu of the auricles is of such delicacy and ample capacity that it seems to be suspended or to float above the heart.
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But I will remain steadfast to my philosophy, and if I am condemned to the said sanguinolent couch, I will do my best to derive from it the utmost enjoyment possible.
The Rough Road William John Locke 1896
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Softening ensues, and the diseased area breaks down at one or more points, from which there oozes a discharge of a sero-purulent, purulent, or sanguinolent character.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
qms commented on the word sanguinolent
My cat for the most part's indolent
And curled in sleep seeming innocent,
But fidgets will twitch her
From dreams that bewitch her
Betraying ambitions sanguinolent.
May 19, 2017
tristero commented on the word sanguinolent
This little poem by QMS might be my favorite of all the ones I've read so far :)
May 19, 2017
qms commented on the word sanguinolent
tristero, you must be a cat lover. Penelope (my aged cat) and I rejoice in your approval.
May 19, 2017