sanguisuge

English

Etymology

From Middle English sanguisuge, from Latin sanguisuga, from sanguis (“blood”) + sugere (“to suck”).

Noun

sanguisuge (plural sanguisuges)

1. (obsolete) A leech (blood-sucking annelid).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sanguisuge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Middle English

Etymology

From Latin sanguisuga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sanɡwiˈsiu̯dʒ(ə)/

Noun

sanguisuge (plural sanguisugis) (rare, Late Middle English)

1. leech

Descendants

• English: sanguisuge (obsolete)

References

• “sanguisūǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-11.