Meanings
- not comparableSomewhat bloody.
[…] he found a great Uneasiness in that Part of his Arm where his Issue was, and his Issue, soon after he had taken the Infection, emitted a thin, crude, and bloodyish Humour, with a lancing and pricking Pain […]
1745, Theophilus Lobb, Letters relating to the plague, and other contagious distempers (part 1, page 241)
Origin
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bloodyish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodyish
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