sanguinary

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SAN'GUINARY, adjective [Latin sanguinarius, from sanguis, blood.] 1. Bloody; attended with much bloodshed; murderous; as a sanguinary war, contest or battle. 2. Blood thirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood. Passion - makes us brutal and sanguinary SAN'GUINARY, noun A plant.
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