bloodshotten

English

Adjective

bloodshotten (comparative more bloodshotten, superlative most bloodshotten)

1. Obsolete form of bloodshot.
   • 1834, Henry Junius Nott, Cock Robin:

     My eyes were haggard and bloodshotten; my hair, bedewed with perspiration

   • 1829, William Dewees, A Treatise on the Physical and Medical Treatment of Children:

     In protracted cases, the eye-balls become perfectly bloodshotten; mimicking a genuine inflammation

References

• “blood-shotten”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.