cruentate

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adjective

Smeared with blood.

OriginLatin cruentātus →
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Meanings

adjectivecruentate (comparative more cruentate, superlative most cruentate)

comparative more cruentate · superlative most cruentate

  1. obsoleteSmeared with blood.

    Atomical aporrheas […] passing from the cruentate cloth or weapon to the wound.

    1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bloodiedcruentous

Origin

  1. Latincruentātus
  2. Englishcruentate

Borrowed from Latin cruentātus, perfect passive participle of cruentō (“to make bloody”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from cruentus (“bloody”), from cruor.

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APA

cruentate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruentate

MLA

“cruentate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruentate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cruentate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruentate.

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