sanguinary

  • 41sanguineous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Attended by or causing bloodshed: bloody, gory, sanguinary. See BLOOD. 2. Eager for bloodshed: bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody minded, cutthroat, homicidal, murderous, sanguinary, slaughterous. See HELP …

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  • 42Killing — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Destruction of live PARAG:Killing >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 killing killing &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 homicide homicide manslaughter murder assassination trucidation| iccusion| Sgm: N 1 effusion of blood effusion of blood …

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  • 43exsanguinate — 1849, from L. exsanguinatus bloodless, pp. of exsanguinare, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + sanguinem (nom. sanguis) blood (see SANGUINARY (Cf. sanguinary)). Related: Exsanguinated; exsanguinating; …

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  • 44sang-froid — presence of mind, composure, 1712, from Fr. sang froid, lit. cool blood, from sang blood (from L. sanguis; see SANGUINARY (Cf. sanguinary)) + froid cold (from L. frigidus; see FRIGID (Cf. frigid)) …

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  • 45sangria — cold drink made from sweetened and diluted red wine, 1961, from Sp., lit. bleeding, from sangre blood, from V.L. sanguem, from L. sanguis (see SANGUINARY (Cf. sanguinary)). The drink so named for its color …

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  • 46sanguine — early 14c., type of red cloth, from O.Fr. sanguin (fem. sanguine), from L. sanguineus of blood, also bloody, bloodthirsty, from sanguis (gen. sanguinis) blood (see SANGUINARY (Cf. sanguinary)). Meaning blood red is recorded from late 14c. Meaning …

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  • 47sanguineous — 1510s, from L. sanguineus, from stem of sanguis (see SANGUINARY (Cf. sanguinary)) …

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  • 48sanguinous — late 15c., “bloodshot,” from O.Fr. sanguineux, from L.L. sanguinosus, from sanguis “blood” (see SANGUINARY (Cf. sanguinary)). Meaning “pertaining to blood” is from 1813 …

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  • 49bloody — adjective 1) his bloody nose Syn: bleeding 2) bloody medical waste Syn: bloodstained, blood soaked, gory; archaic sanguinary 3) a bloody civil war Syn: vicious, feroc …

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  • 50sanguine — sanguine, sanguinary Both words are derived from the Latin word sanguis (stem sanguin ) meaning ‘blood’. Sanguine originally meant ‘blood coloured’ but now primarily means ‘optimistic, confident’ from an earlier association of blood (one of the… …

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