bloodless
/blˈʌdləs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.69 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Taking place without loss of blood.
Example Sentences
- "My bloodleſſe bodie waxeth chill and colde, And with my blood my life ſlides through my wound, My ſoule begins to take her flight to hell, And ſummones all my ſences to depart: […]"
- "Thou dost not slumber: see, thy two sons’ heads, Thy warlike hand, thy mangled daughter here: Thy other banish’d son, with this dear sight Struck pale and bloodless; and thy brother, I, Even like a stony image, cold and numb."
- "The face was white and thoroughly bloodless with some kind of foundation cream; it stank of powder and a gardenia-like perfume."
- "a bloodless conquest; a bloodless coup d'état; a bloodless revolution; a bloodless victory"
- "Now and then a gaudy peacock would run from his shelter in the lauhala trees, but no wild boars came out, so we returned from our raid bloodless and spoilless."
- "Those Philharmonic subscribers who considered Guest Conductor Igor Stravinsky too bloodless and ascetic […] last week found his successor, Georges Enesco, more to their taste."
Etymology
From Middle English blodles, from Old English blōdlēas (“bloodless”). Cognate with Dutch bloedeloos (“bloodless”), German blutlos (“bloodless”), Danish blodløs (“bloodless”), Swedish blodlös (“bloodless”), Icelandic blóðlaus (“bloodless”). By surface analysis, blood + -less.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: blodles, blōdlēas
Inflected Forms
more bloodless (comparative)
most bloodless (superlative)
bloodlesse (alternative, obsolete)
bloudless (alternative, obsolete)