sanguineous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sanguineus. Doublet of sanguine.

Adjective

sanguineous (comparative more sanguineous, superlative most sanguineous)

1. Accompanied by bloodshed; bloody.
   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book III (The Tuileries), page 105:

     [F]or swinging of incense-pans and Eighty-three Departmental Banners, we have waving of the one sanguineous Drapeau Rouge [red flag].

2. Eager for bloody violence; bloodthirsty.
3. Resembling or constituting blood.

Derived terms

• asanguineous
• mucosanguineous
• serosanguineous