exsanguine

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

PIE word
*h₁eǵʰs
PIE word
*h₁ésh₂r̥

From ex- (prefix meaning ‘lacking, not possessing’) +‎ Latin sanguinēs (a plural form of sanguī̆s (“blood”)) or sanguī̆s itself.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

exsanguine (comparative more exsanguine, superlative most exsanguine)

  1. Lacking blood; anemic, bloodless.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ “exsanguine, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “exsanguine, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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