Exanguin

/ɛkˈsæŋɡwɪn/ adjective

Definition

Lacking blood; bloodless; deprived of blood.

Etymology

From Latin ex- (out, without) + sanguine (blood, from sanguis). Medical and archaic term describing absence of blood, used primarily in historical medical texts.

Kelly Says

Latin 'sanguis' (blood) is the root of sanguine (optimistic—supposedly because of hot blood), sanguinary (bloody), and this rare exanguin—showing how one Latin root generates multiple English words with different shades of meaning about blood and temperament.

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