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bloodish en · ADJ

Etymology

From blood + -ish.

Meanings

1. Resembling blood; blood-red.
   • […] patient had noticed a slightly bloodish tinge to the urine, but there was no real hematuria. 1926, Transactions of the American Association of Genito-Urinary:
2. Bloody.
   • A bloodish battle occurred between you, Indian soldiers and one part of yours under control of British soldiers. 2010, Wynn Wilcox, Vietnam and the West: New Approaches, page 123:

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