exsanguineous
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English
Etymology
From ex- + Latin sanguin- (“blood”) + -eous.[1]
Adjective
exsanguineous (comparative more exsanguineous, superlative most exsanguineous)
- destitute of blood; anaemic; exsanguious
References
- ^ “exsanguineous, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “exsanguineous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.