sanguineous

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sanguineous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sanguineous \San*guin"e*ous\, a. [L. sanguineus. See
     Sanguine.]
     1. Abounding with blood; sanguine.
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     2. Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood.
        --Sir T. Browne.
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     3. Blood-red; crimson. --Keats.
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sanguineous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sanguineous
      adj 1: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary
             war" [syn: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous,
             slaughterous, butcherly]