blood-red

See also: bloodred and blood red

English

Etymology

From Middle English blodred, blodread, from Old English blōdrēad (“bloodred”), Proto-Germanic *blōþaraudaz, equivalent to blood +‎ red. Cognate with Dutch bloedrood (“bloodred”), German blutrot (“bloodred”), Swedish blodröd (“bloodred”).

Adjective

blood-red (comparative more blood-red, superlative most blood-red)

  1. Bright red in color, like the color of fresh blood.

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