sanguineous
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sanguineus. Doublet of sanguine.
Adjective
sanguineous (comparative more sanguineous, superlative most sanguineous)
- Accompanied by bloodshed; bloody.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book III (The Tuileries), page 105:
- [F]or swinging of incense-pans and Eighty-three Departmental Banners, we have waving of the one sanguineous Drapeau Rouge [red flag].
- Eager for bloody violence; bloodthirsty.
- Resembling or constituting blood.