LekhoriLekhoriLacking blood; ashen, anaemic.
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: […]
Taking place without loss of blood.
a bloodless conquest; a bloodless coup d'état; a bloodless revolution; a bloodless victory
Lacking emotion, passion or vivacity.
Those Philharmonic subscribers who considered Guest Conductor Igor Stravinsky too bloodless and ascetic […] last week found his successor, Georges Enesco, more to their taste.
From Middle English blodles, from Old English blōdlēas (“bloodless”). Cognate with Dutch bloedeloos (“bloodless”), German blutlos (“bloodless”), Danish blodløs (“bloodless”), Swedish blodlös (“bloodle...
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