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Webster 1913 Edition
Sanguineous
1.
Abounding with blood; sanguine.
2.
Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood.
Sir T. Browne.
3.
Blood-red; crimson.
Keats.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sanguineous
SANGUIN'EOUS
,Adj.
1.
Abounding with blood; plethoric.2.
Constituting blood.Definition 2024
sanguineous
sanguineous
English
Adjective
sanguineous (comparative more sanguineous, superlative most sanguineous)
- Accompanied by bloodshed; bloody
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- [F]or swinging of incense-pans and Eighty-three Departmental Banners, we have waving of the one sanguinous Drapeau-Rouge [red flag].
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- Eager for bloody violence; bloodthirsty