bloodless

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   destitute of blood or apparently so

   The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold- John Dryden.

2. 2
   adj

   free from blood or bloodshed

   Bloodless surgery.

3. 3
   adj

   devoid of human emotion or feeling

   Charts of bloodless economic indicators.

4. 4
   adj

   without vigor or zest or energy

   An insipid and bloodless young man.

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.

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