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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Sanguinolent, Sanguynolent, adj. [Late ME (c1450) and e.m.E. sanguinolent, L. sanguinolentus full of blood, bloody.] Blood-red. —1513 Doug. x v 141.
Lyke as the comete stern sanguynolent [Ruddim. sanguinolent; L. cometae Sanguinei], With hys red cullour tryst and violent, Schynys
