cruor

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/ˈkɹuː.ə(ɹ)/

noun

The colouring matter of the blood.

OriginLatin cruor →
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Meanings

nouncruor (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe colouring matter of the blood.
  2. uncountableThe clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the colouring matter; gore.

    The boy is pinched and bled, heated and cooled, sprinkled with powders, spread with salves and a gritty mucilage of peony seeds and cat’s cruor.

    2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books, pages 70-71

Origin

  1. Latincruor“blood”
  2. Englishcruor

Borrowed from Latin cruor (“blood”). See crude.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with cruor

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Anagrams

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APA

cruor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruor

MLA

“cruor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cruor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cruor.

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