Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sanguinary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sanguinary \San"gui*na*ry\, a. [L. sanguinarius, fr. sanguis
blood: cf. F. sanguinaire.]
1. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a
sanguinary war, contest, or battle.
We may not propagate religion by wars, or by
sanguinary persecutions to force consciences.
--Bacon.
2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood.
Passion . . . makes us brutal and sanguinary.
--Broome.
Syn: Bloody; murderous; bloodthirsty; cruel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sanguinary \San"gui*na*ry\, n. [L. herba sanguinaria an herb
that stanches blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. See {Sanguinary},
a.] (Bot.)
(a) The yarrow.
(b) The Sanguinaria.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sanguinary
adj 1: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war"
[syn: {gory}, {sanguineous}, {slaughterous}, {butcherly}]
2: marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed;
"bloody-minded tyrants"; "bloodthirsty yells"; "went after
the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the
land with blood"-G.W.Johnson [syn: {bloodthirsty}, {bloody-minded}]
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