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exsanguious

exsanguious adjective: destitute of blood; bloodless.

Adjective

exsanguious (comparative more exsanguious, superlative most exsanguious)

  1. (archaic) Destitute of blood; bloodless.
    • exsanguious liver
    • The third is the paucitie of blood obſerved in this animal, ſcarce at all to be found but in the eye, and about the heart; which defect being obſerved, inclined ſome into thoughts, that the ayre was a ſufficient maintenance for theſe exauguious^([sic – meaning exanguious]) parts.1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Cameleon”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 162
  2. (archaic) Without red blood.
    • Insects are exsanguious.

Forms of exsanguious

comparativemore exsanguious
superlativemost exsanguious
alternative formexanguious

Origin of exsanguious

From Latin exsanguis, from ex (“out”) + sanguis, sanguinis (“blood”). Compare exsanguineous.

Questions about exsanguious

What does exsanguious mean?
Exsanguious means destitute of blood; bloodless.
What part of speech is exsanguious?
Exsanguious is an adjective.

Words near exsanguious in the dictionary

  1. exsanguine
  2. exsanguined
  3. exsanguineous
  4. exsanguinity
  5. exsanguinous
  6. exsanguious
  7. exscind
  8. exscinded
  9. exscinding
  10. exscinds
  11. exscribe

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