Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sanguinarian

/ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛɹi.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: san-guinar-i-an
IPA: /ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛɹi.ən/

13

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who consumes human blood as part of the vampiroid subculture.

adj

Of, related to, or belonging to the sanguinarian lifestyle.

Example Sentences

"Some sanguinarians love specific blood types — instead of ‘What’s your star sign?’ they ask ‘What’s your blood type?’"
"“I've never met a sanguinarian who actually gets any form of sustenance off drinking blood,” he says."
"Sanguinarians have willing donors (known as black swans); they do not prowl around the streets looking to ambush someone like Anne Rice’s vampire Lestat."
"Most sanguinarian vampires complain of barely controllable cravings."
"At the same time, many sanguinarian vampyres satisfy their cravings by substituting physical blood with psychic/pranic energy."
"In addition to or in lieu of human donors, some sanguinarian vampires consume animal blood."

Etymology

From Latin sanguis (“blood”, stem sanguin-) + -arian.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: sanguis
Suffix: arian

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛɹi.ən/
British English: /ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛəɹi.ən/

Inflected Forms

sanguinarians (plural) more sanguinarian (comparative) most sanguinarian (superlative)

Rhymes With

humanitarian bulgarian vegetarian semi-vegetarian presbyterian librarian libertarian ovarian marian barbarian sectarian totalitarian

Questions

How do you pronounce sanguinarian?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsæŋ.ɡwɪˈnɛɹi.ən/.
What does sanguinarian mean?: A person who consumes human blood as part of the vampiroid subculture.
Where does sanguinarian come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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