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bloodshot

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Etymology

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From blood +‎ shot.

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Adjective

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bloodshot (comparative more bloodshot, superlative most bloodshot)

  1. (of the eyes) Reddened and inflamed because of congested blood vessels.
    She said she was perfectly fine but I could tell she was tired; her eyes were all bloodshot.
    • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 193:
      Her back was toward the jungle, and so she did not see the grasses part, or the savage face that peered from between. Little, bloodshot, close-set eyes scanned her intently, roving from time to time about the open beach for indications of the presence of others than herself.

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