Meanings
- uncountableThe characteristic of being bloodless.
The feature that struck me most forcibly was the strange hue of their skin, a repulsive, unhealthy pallor, a seeming bloodlessness.
1933, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 9, in Lost on Venus2 more examples
The most striking lesson of the engagement is the extreme bloodiness of modern warfare under some conditions, and its bloodlessness under others.
1900, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Battle of Magersfontein”, in The Great Boer War, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 162Her heart rebelled against the bloodlessness of his precision, but she had begun to watch him with a grudging admiration for a quality so alien to her own temperament.
1946, Mervyn Peake, “The Grotto”, in Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC
Origin
Translations
Finnish verettömyys
- verettömyysthe characteristic of being bloodless
Irish neamhfholacht
- neamhfholachtthe characteristic of being bloodless
Polish anemiczność
- anemicznośćthe characteristic of being bloodless
Russian бескровие, бескровность
- бескровие (beskrovije)the characteristic of being bloodless
- бескровность (beskrovnostʹ)the characteristic of being bloodless
Slovak bezkrvnosť
- bezkrvnosťthe characteristic of being bloodless
Turkish kansızlık
- kansızlıkthe characteristic of being bloodless
Cite this entry
bloodlessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodlessness
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