Category:Sanguinary

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.

Sanguinary 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.