bloodless

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective destitute of blood or apparently so; - John Dryden
  2. adjective free from blood or bloodshed
  3. adjective without vigor or zest or energy

Etymology

From Middle English blodles, from Old English blōdlēas (“bloodless”). Cognate with Dutch bloedeloos (“bloodless”), German blutlos (“bloodless”), Danish blodløs (“bloodless”), Swedish blodlös (“bloodless”), Icelandic blóðlaus (“bloodless”). By surface analysis, blood + -less.

In classic literature

Synonyms

exsanguine, exsanguinous

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