Sanguineous \San*guin"e*ous\, a. [L. sanguineus. See
Sanguine.]
1. Abounding with blood; sanguine.
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2. Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood.
--Sir T. Browne.
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3. Blood-red; crimson. --Keats.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sanguineous
adj : accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war"
[syn: gory, sanguinary, slaughterous, butcherly]
WordNet (r) 2.0
butcherly, gory, sanguinary, slaughterous
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