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sanguisuge

sanguisuge noun: a leech (blood-sucking annelid).

Noun

sanguisuge (plural sanguisuges)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A leech (blood-sucking annelid).
    • For that blody judge
      And mighty sanguisuge,
      The Pope that is so huge,
      Is ever ther refuge;a. 1529?, John Skelton [attributed], “The Image of Ipocrysy”, in The Political Works of Skelton and Donne, published 1879, page 408
    • Proceede to more manifest diminishing of the humor, by bludletting, cupping, or sanguisuges1585, Johann Jacob Wecker, translated by John Banister, A compendious chyrurgerie, book 3, chapter 14, page 452

Forms of sanguisuge

pluralsanguisuges

Origin of sanguisuge

From Middle English sanguisuge, from Latin sanguisuga, from sanguis (“blood”) + sugere (“to suck”).

Questions about sanguisuge

What does sanguisuge mean?
Sanguisuge means a leech (blood-sucking annelid).
What part of speech is sanguisuge?
Sanguisuge is a noun.
What is the plural of sanguisuge?
The plural of sanguisuge is sanguisuges.

Words near sanguisuge in the dictionary

  1. sanguinophlegmatic
  2. sanguinoside
  3. sanguinous
  4. sanguinously
  5. sanguisorbic acid
  6. sanguisuge
  7. sanguisugent
  8. sanguisuges
  9. sanguisugous
  10. sanguivolent
  11. sanguivore

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