sanguinolent
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody; full of blood; sanguine.
Examples
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A grandiloquence that sways uneasily between rodomontade and mere verbiage, a rotundity of diction, a choice of subjects which can only be described as sanguinolent, the use of the bludgeon where others would prefer a rapier.
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Dysentery is a flux of the bowels with a sanguinolent discharge and excoriation of the intestines.
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But I will remain steadfast to my philosophy, and if I am condemned to the said sanguinolent couch, I will do my best to derive from it the utmost enjoyment possible.
Note
The word 'sanguinolent' comes from the Latin 'sanguinolentus', "of blood".
