blood-red

Meaning

Adjective

• Bright red in color, like the color of fresh blood.

Origin

• From Middle English blodred, blodread, from Old English blōdrēad, Proto-Germanic *blōþaraudaz, equivalent to . Cognate with Saterland Frisian bloudrood, West Frisian bloedread, Dutch bloedrood, Low German bloodrood, German blutrot, Swedish blodröd, Icelandic blóðrauður.