Cruentous

/kruːˈɛntəs/ adjective

Definition

Bloody, bloodstained, or characterized by gore; an extremely rare variant of 'cruent'.

Etymology

From Latin 'cruentus' with the English adjectival suffix '-ous', creating a doubly-marked adjective that combines Latin and English morphology in an archaic fashion.

Kelly Says

The '-ous' ending usually comes with Latinate words, but 'cruentous' seems redundant since 'cruent' already ends in a way that sounds adjectival—it's the kind of over-marking that archaic English sometimes produced.

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