exsanguine

English edit

Etymology edit

PIE word
*h₁eǵʰs

PIE word
*h₁ésh₂r̥

From ex- (prefix meaning ‘lacking, not possessing’) +‎ Latin sanguinēs (a plural form of sanguī̆s (“blood”)) or sanguī̆s itself.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ɛksˈsæŋɡwɪn/
Hyphenation: ex‧sangu‧ine

Adjective edit

exsanguine (comparative more exsanguine, superlative most exsanguine)

Lacking blood; anemic, bloodless.

Translations edit

lacking blood — see also anemic,‎ bloodless

Bulgarian: анемичен (bg) (anemičen)
French: exsangue (fr) m or f

References edit

^ “exsanguine, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “exsanguine, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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