sanguinarian
UK/ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛəɹi.ən//ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛɹi.ən/
sanguinarian noun: a person who consumes human blood as part of the vampiroid subculture.
Noun
sanguinarian (plural sanguinarians)
- A person who consumes human blood as part of the vampiroid subculture.
- Some sanguinarians love specific blood types — instead of ‘What’s your star sign?’ they ask ‘What’s your blood type?’2005, Arlene Russo, Vampire Nation, page 107
- “I've never met a sanguinarian who actually gets any form of sustenance off drinking blood,” he says.2007, Paul Bibeau, Sundays with Vlad: From Pennsylvania to Transylvania, One Man's Quest to Live in the World of the Undead, page 193
Adjective
sanguinarian (comparative more sanguinarian, superlative most sanguinarian)
- Of, related to, or belonging to the sanguinarian lifestyle.
- Most sanguinarian vampires complain of barely controllable cravings.2005, Arlene Russo, quoting Katharina Katt, Vampire Nation, page 112
- At the same time, many sanguinarian vampyres satisfy their cravings by substituting physical blood with psychic/pranic energy.2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture, page 262
Examples of sanguinarian in a sentence
- Sanguinarians have willing donors (known as black swans); they do not prowl around the streets looking to ambush someone like Anne Rice’s vampire Lestat.2008, Rosemary Guiley, Vampires: Mysteries, Legends, And Unexplained Phenomena, page 105:
- In addition to or in lieu of human donors, some sanguinarian vampires consume animal blood.2009, Joseph Laycock, Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampirism, page 9:
Forms of sanguinarian
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sanguinarians |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more sanguinarian |
| superlative | most sanguinarian |
Origin of sanguinarian
From Latin sanguis (“blood”, stem sanguin-) + -arian.
Words that rhyme with sanguinarian
- Darien
- barbarian
- Aryan
- libertarian
- Arian
- documentarian
- humanitarian
- sabbatarian
- sectarian
- unitarian
- vegetarian
- -arian
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- agrarian
- Bulgarian
- caesarian
- catenarian
- librarian
- lunarian
- Marian
- planetarian
- Ripuarian
- Solarian
- trinitarian
- alphabetarian
- antiauthoritarian
- aquarian
- Bolivarian
- communitarian
- contrarian
- corpuscularian
- denarian
- flexitarian
- futilitarian
- infirmarian
- Kaffrarian
- necessitarian
- nonsectarian
- paraovarian
- parian
- pollotarian
- proprietarian
- quinarian
- sacramentarian
- sanitarian
- semivegetarian
- Tartarean
- Tartarian
- Tocharian
- tricenarian
- valetudinarian
- vestiarian
- acarian
- actiniarian
- actuarian
- aerarian
- alcyonarian
- altitudinarian
- antelapsarian
- antiacarian
- antiegalitarian
Questions about sanguinarian
- What does sanguinarian mean?
- Sanguinarian means a person who consumes human blood as part of the vampiroid subculture.
- How do you use sanguinarian in a sentence?
- Sanguinarians have willing donors (known as black swans); they do not prowl around the streets looking to ambush someone like Anne Rice’s vampire Lestat.
- What part of speech is sanguinarian?
- Sanguinarian can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce sanguinarian?
- Sanguinarian is pronounced /ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛəɹi.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sanguinarian?
- The plural of sanguinarian is sanguinarians.
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