bloodyish

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English

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Etymology

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From bloody +‎ -ish.

Adjective

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bloodyish (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat bloody.
    • 1745, Theophilus Lobb, Letters relating to the plague, and other contagious distempers (part 1, page 241)
      [] he found a great Uneasiness in that Part of his Arm where his Issue was, and his Issue, soon after he had taken the Infection, emitted a thin, crude, and bloodyish Humour, with a lancing and pricking Pain []