blood red

See also: bloodred and blood-red

English

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Etymology

From Middle English blodred, blodread, Old English blōdrēad (“bloodred”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdaraud, from Proto-Germanic *blōþaraudaz, equivalent to blood +‎ red. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bloudrood (“bloodred”), West Frisian bloedread (“bloodred”), Dutch bloedrood (“bloodred”), Low German bloodrood (“bloodred”), German blutrot (“bloodred”), Swedish blodröd (“bloodred”), Icelandic blóðrauður (“bloodred”).

Noun

blood red (plural blood reds)

  1. A dark red color.
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Adjective

blood red (comparative more blood red, superlative most blood red)

  1. Of a deep vivid red color.

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