Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of unmixed ancestry; purebred.
- adjective Related by way of having the same parents.
- adjective Not pale or anemic; florid or ruddy.
- adjective Vigorous and vital.
- adjective Complete in all respects.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a full supply of blood: as, a full-blooded person.
- Of pure blood, or extraction; thoroughbred: as, a full-blooded horse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a full supply of blood.
- adjective Of pure blood; thoroughbred.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of
purebred ancestry - adjective Having a
florid orruddy complexion - adjective
Hearty orlusty
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health
- adjective of unmixed ancestry
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Examples
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The Jews, like the Negroes, whom this mania often drives to crimes against womanhood, are equally abnormally full-blooded. . .
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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A pamphlet produced by the church, in fact, takes pains to describe how it has been diverse from the beginning, “Although Mount Olivet was strongly influenced throughout its history by Swedish immigrants, two of the first four families who were leaders in starting the congregations were full-blooded Norwegians.”
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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He would just be more comfortable with 'someone who is a full-blooded American as president.'
Greg Mitchell: Amid CNN Debacle: Kathleen Parker and 'Full-Blooded' Americanism Greg Mitchell 2010
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It is also the final race before the awkwardly-named but ultimately successful, project that the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup represented, grows up into next year's full-blooded, FIA-approved competition.
Audi and Peugeot fight for final prize as ILMC bids farewell in China 2011
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He would just be more comfortable with 'someone who is a full-blooded American as president.'
Greg Mitchell: Amid CNN Debacle: Kathleen Parker and 'Full-Blooded' Americanism Greg Mitchell 2010
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Parker herself pushed the not - "full-blooded" - American envelope in 2008 when Barack Obama was running for president.
Greg Mitchell: Amid CNN Debacle: Kathleen Parker and 'Full-Blooded' Americanism Greg Mitchell 2010
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Relatives on my mother's side came to this general area in the late 1600s, and on my father's side, my great grandmother was a full-blooded Cherokee.
Alexandra Holzer: Dracula's Castle 2012: Investigating Vampires With Supernatural Southerner! (PHOTOS) Alexandra Holzer 2011
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Perhaps to aid the casting of a movie adaptation, Lucy looks exactly like a full-blooded human being except that, up close, she has downy dark hairs on her limbs.
"Lucy," a half-ape/half-human thriller by Laurence Gonzales Michael Sims 2010
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Relatives on my mother's side came to this general area in the late 1600s, and on my father's side, my great grandmother was a full-blooded Cherokee.
Alexandra Holzer: Dracula's Castle 2012: Investigating Vampires With Supernatural Southerner! (PHOTOS) Alexandra Holzer 2011
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Perhaps to aid the casting of a movie adaptation, Lucy looks exactly like a full-blooded human being except that, up close, she has downy dark hairs on her limbs.
"Lucy," a half-ape/half-human thriller by Laurence Gonzales Michael Sims 2010
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