sanguineous
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin sanguineus. Doublet of sanguine.
Adjective edit
sanguineous (comparative more sanguineous, superlative most sanguineous)
- Accompanied by bloodshed; bloody.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
- [F]or swinging of incense-pans and Eighty-three Departmental Banners, we have waving of the one sanguinous Drapeau-Rouge [red flag].
- Eager for bloody violence; bloodthirsty.
- Resembling or constituting blood.