blood-red

See also: bloodred and blood red

English

Etymology

From Middle English blodred, blodread, from Old English blōdrēad (“bloodred”), Proto-Germanic *blōþaraudaz, equivalent to blood +‎ red. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bloudrood (“bloodred”), West Frisian bloedread (“bloodred”), Dutch bloedrood (“bloodred”), Low German bloodrood (“bloodred”), German blutrot (“bloodred”), Swedish blodröd (“bloodred”), Icelandic blóðrauður (“bloodred”).

Adjective

blood-red (comparative more blood-red, superlative most blood-red)

1. Bright red in color, like the color of fresh blood.

See also

• blood red