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bloodsucking en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈblʌdˌsʌkɪŋ/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.? Proto-Germanic *blōþą Proto-West Germanic *blōd Old English blōd Middle English blood English blood English sucking English bloodsucking From blood + sucking.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
   • Bedbugs win neither praise for their sophisticated technique, nor very much respect for the fact that they don’t carry diseases, as most bloodsucking human ectoparasites do. 2010 August 7, May Berenbaum, “This Bedbug’s Life”, in The New York Times:
2. (broadly, not-comparable, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading

Deriveds

nonbloodsucking

Relateds

bloodsucker

Translations (4)

hu vérszívó (that draws off blood) · sv blodsugande (that draws off blood) · nb blodsugende (that draws off blood) · da blodsugende (that draws off blood)

bloodsucking en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈblʌdˌsʌkɪŋ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.? Proto-Germanic *blōþą Proto-West Germanic *blōd Old English blōd Middle English blood English blood English sucking English bloodsucking From blood + sucking.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Parasitic, leechlike behavior.
   • Economic blood-sucking of the Indian peoples, who are forced to pay immense sums of money to sustain rich Indian Civil Servants 1940, Basil Mathews, “Worldwide reaction to events in India”, in The Asiatic Review, volume 36, page 255:

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