Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being sanguinolent.

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  • This time mortal combat is postponed on account of the sanguinolence of a casual lunatic who worshipped blood to such a nauseating extent that the duellists deferred operations in order to chase him into a pond.

    G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study Julius West 1904

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