Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bloodless"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bloodless \Blood"less\, a. [AS. bl?dle['a]s.]
1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless
cheeks; lifeless; dead.
The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. --Dryden.
2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a
bloodless victory. --Froude.
3. Without spirit or activity.
Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood ! --Shak.
-- {Blood"less*ly}, adv. -- {Blood"less*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bloodless
adj 1: destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless carcass
of my Hector sold"- John Dryden [syn: {exsanguine}, {exsanguinous}]
2: free from blood or bloodshed; "bloodless surgery"; "a
bloodless coup" [ant: {bloody}]
3: without vigor or zest or energy; "an insipit and bloodless
young man"
4: devoid of human emotion or feeling; "charts of bloodless
economic indicators"
5: ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a
face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks";
"tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with
shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W.
Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with
rage" [syn: {ashen}, {blanched}, {livid}, {white}]
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