In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
bloodthirsty, bloody-minded, sanguinary
(adjective) 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
gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly
(adjective) accompanied by bloodshed; “this bitter and sanguinary war”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sanguinary (comparative more sanguinary, superlative most sanguinary)
(of an event) Involving bloodshed.
Synonyms: bloody, gory
(of a person) Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
Synonyms: bloodthirsty, bloody-minded, butcherous, slaughterous
(of an object) Consisting of, covered with, or similar in appearance to blood.
Synonyms: bloodsoaked, bloody, gory
• Not to be confused with sanguine. Sanguine can mean “optimistic”, while sanguinary means “bloodthirsty, gory”.
sanguinary (plural sanguinaries)
A bloodthirsty person.
The plant common yarrow, or herba sanguinaria (Achillea millefolium).
Source: Wiktionary
San"gui*na*ry, a. Etym: [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.
San"gui*na*ry, n. Etym: [L. herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. See Sanguinary, a.] (Bot.) (a) The yarrow. (b) The Sanguinaria.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.