sanguinolent
Syllables: san·guin·o·lent/sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt/
sanguinolent adjective: containing or tinged with blood.
Adjective
sanguinolent (comparative more sanguinolent, superlative most sanguinolent)
- Containing or tinged with blood.
- On making a larger opening there issued three or four pints of a very sanguinolent fluid.1829 July, M. Portal, “Pleuritis Hæmorraghica — Operation for Empyema — Death — Dissection”, in The Medico-Chirurgical Review
- When the desire to urinate manifests itself chiefly at night, with burning pains when urinating, or emission, drop by drop, of sanguinolent urine.1862, George Heinrich Gottlieb Jahr, Hull's Jahr: A New Manual of Homœopathic Practice, William Radde, page 537
- Synonyms:
- bloody
Examples of sanguinolent in a sentence
- Success seemed a colourless name for the reward of his patience; something fiercely florid, something sanguinolent was more to the point.1892, Henry James, Nona Vincent:
- They are caused by an accumulation of blood or sanguinolent liquid inside the dental follicles, they may occur in the deciduous as well as permanent dentition.2010, Tatjana Dostálová, Michaela Seydlová, editors, Dentistry and Oral Diseases, Grade Publishing, →ISBN, page 163:
Synonyms of sanguinolent
Forms of sanguinolent
| comparative | more sanguinolent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sanguinolent |
Origin of sanguinolent
From Middle English sanguinolent, from Old French sanguinolent, from Latin sanguinolentus (“of blood”).
Words formed from sanguinolent
Questions about sanguinolent
- What does sanguinolent mean?
- Sanguinolent means containing or tinged with blood.
- How do you use sanguinolent in a sentence?
- Success seemed a colourless name for the reward of his patience; something fiercely florid, something sanguinolent was more to the point.
- What part of speech is sanguinolent?
- Sanguinolent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce sanguinolent?
- Sanguinolent is pronounced /sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt/.
Words near sanguinolent in the dictionary
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