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red-blooded

[ red-bluhd-id ]

adjective

  1. vigorous; virile.

    Synonyms: hearty, lusty, sturdy, robust



red-blooded

adjective

  1. informal.
    vigorous; virile
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌred-ˈbloodedness, noun
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Other Words From

  • red-blooded·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of red-blooded1

First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences

Because, of course, red-blooded, white-skinned folks like Timothy McVeigh, Ted Kaczynski, and Adam Lanza pose no threat at all.

When Ball insisted he was speaking for “red-blooded Americans,” Morgan reminded him that Tsarnaev is an American citizen.

I finally said, “You know, HIV is transmittable by good old-fashioned, red-blooded, hetero-normative, married sex.”

At this point every young red-blooded male viewer is paying rapt attention.

Not exactly the way you meant to celebrate our annual tribute to red-blooded American masculinity, is it?

Of a sudden there died out of her face the fawn-like, woodland look, the maternal wildness, the red-blooded joy.

Annelida, an-el′i-da, n. a class of animals comprising the red-blooded worms, having a long body composed of numerous rings.

He is the martyr, the true believer, "the red-blooded loyal American" with "my country right or wrong."

If a man must roam the salt sea in search of health and peace, and in a manly, red-blooded exercise—here is the ideal.

He is a hearty, red-blooded, Tory gentleman who lives in Worcestershire.

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