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sanguineous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
san-guineous
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Accompanied by bloodshed; bloody.

adj

Eager for bloody violence; bloodthirsty.

adj

Resembling or constituting blood.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin sanguineus + -ous. Doublet of sanguine.

Inflected Forms

more sanguineous (comparative) most sanguineous (superlative)

Derived Forms

asanguineous mucosanguineous serosanguineous unsanguineous

Frequently Paired Words

consanguineous

Synonyms

gory sanguinary slaughterous butcherly sanguine

Questions

What does sanguineous mean?
Accompanied by bloodshed; bloody.
Where does sanguineous come from?
Adapted borrowing of Latin sanguineus + -ous. Doublet of sanguine.

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