BLOODSHOT

bloodshot

(adjective) (of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed; “bloodshot eyes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

bloodshot (comparative more bloodshot, superlative most bloodshot)

(of the eyes) reddened and inflamed because of congested blood vessels

Source: Wiktionary


Blood"shot` (, a. Etym: [Blood + shot, p. p. of shoot to variegate.]

Definition: Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated. His eyes were bloodshot, . . . and his hair disheveled. Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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