exsanguinousadj.
/ɛksˈsaŋɡwɪnəs/ = exsanguious adj.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > bodies or parts > [adjective] > bloodless
exsanguious1646
exsanguine1647
exsanguineous1664
exsanguous1684
exsanguinous1708
the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective]
blatec1000
whiteOE
greena1275
blakec1275
bleykea1300
wana1300
palec1330
bleach1340
pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374
colourlessc1380
deadlyc1385
deadc1386
bloodlessc1450
earthlyc1460
ruddylessc1460
wan visaged?a1513
wanny1555
as pale or white as a clout1557
bleak1566
mealy1566
pale-faced1570
ghastly1574
white-faced1577
bleakish1581
pallid1590
whiggish1590
tallow-faced1592
maid-pale1597
lily1600
whey-colour1602
lew1611
roseless1611
Hippocratical1615
cadaverousa1661
Hippocratic1681
smock-faced1684
white-looked1690
livid1728
as white (or pale) as a sheet1752
squalid1753
deathly1791
etiolated1791
light-skinned1802
suety1803
shilpit1813
blanched1828
tallowy1830
suet-faced1834
pasty1836
tallowish1838
whey-faced1847
pasty-faced1848
aghast1850
waxen1853
complexionless1863
light-skin1877
lily-cheeked1877
lardy1879
wan-faced1881
exsanguinous1889
wheatish1950
1708 Coles's Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Exanguinous, bloodless.
1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Exsanguinous.
1889 H. F. Wood Englishman Rue Caïn vii. 104 The exsanguinous visage of M. Renaud.
Derivatives
exˈsanguinousness n. the quality of being without blood.
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1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
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adj.1708