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English
Noun
bloud (countable and uncountable, plural blouds)
- Obsolete form of blood.
1650, Thomas Browne, “Of the Cameleon”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: , 2nd edition, London: A Miller, for Edw Dod and Nath Ekins, , →OCLC, 3rd book, page 133:It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation.
Derived terms
Verb
bloud (third-person singular simple present blouds, present participle blouding, simple past and past participle blouded)
- Obsolete form of blood.
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech blúd.
Pronunciation
Noun
bloud m anim
- fool
- Synonyms: pošetilec, bláhovec, blázínek
Declension
Declension of bloud (hard masculine animate)
Related terms
Further reading
- bloud in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- bloud in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- bloud in Internetová jazyková příručka
Middle English
Noun
bloud
- Alternative form of blood