Definitions
destitute of blood or apparently so
Word origin
From Middle English blodles, from Old English blōdlēas (“bloodless”). Cognate with Dutch bloedeloos (“bloodless”), German blutlos (“bloodless”), Danish blodløs (“bloodless”), Swedish blodlös (“bloodless”), Icelandic blóðlaus (“bloodless”). By surface analysis, blood + -less.
Used in a sentence
“My bloodleſſe bodie waxeth chill and colde, And with my blood my life ſlides through my wound, My ſoule begins to take her flight to hell, And ſummones all my ſences to depart: […]”
“The face was white and thoroughly bloodless with some kind of foundation cream; it stank of powder and a gardenia-like perfume.”
“a bloodless conquest; a bloodless coup d'état; a bloodless revolution; a bloodless victory”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Pale and cold”9 letters
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