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lifedrop

lifedrop noun: a drop of blood, seen as sustaining vitality.

Noun

lifedrop (plural lifedrops)

  1. (archaic, poetic) A drop of blood, seen as sustaining vitality.
    • Oh! had ye known how souls to souls impart / Their fire, or mix the lifedrops of the heart!1823, Richard Alfred Davenport, New Elegant Extracts, page 221
    • But where was I when thou didst fall beneath the fatal sword? / […] / And thou wert lying low the while, the lifedrops from thy heart / Fast gushing, like a mountain spring!1869, Felicia Hemans, The Poetical Works of Felicia Hemans, page 415

Forms of lifedrop

plurallifedrops

Origin of lifedrop

life + drop

Questions about lifedrop

What does lifedrop mean?
Lifedrop means a drop of blood, seen as sustaining vitality.
What part of speech is lifedrop?
Lifedrop is a noun.
What is the plural of lifedrop?
The plural of lifedrop is lifedrops.

Words near lifedrop in the dictionary

  1. lifecycles
  2. lifed
  3. lifeday
  4. lifedays
  5. lifedraining
  6. lifedrop
  7. lifedrops
  8. lifeforce
  9. lifeforces
  10. lifeform
  11. lifeforms

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