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[ fool-bluhd-id ] / ˈfʊlˈblʌd ɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR full-blooded ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof unmixed ancestry; thoroughbred: a full-blooded Cherokee. vigorous; virile; hearty: full-blooded enjoyment. Origin of full-bloodedAn Americanism dating back to 1765–75 OTHER WORDS FROM full-bloodedfull-blood·ed·ness, nounWords nearby full-bloodedfull, fullback, full binding, full blast, full blood, full-blooded, full-blown, full board, full-bodied, full-bore, full-bottomed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for full-bloodedThe commenter said Dodson is not a full-blooded member of any tribe and is in fact one-quarter Aleut, not Inuit. Dan Snyder's Indian Chief Is Neither|Michael Tomasky|June 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST Elizabeth Raitz-Cowboy, an Aetna medical director, said her husband is a full-blooded Navajo. Obama’s Unsung Army of Backstage Volunteers at the Inaugural Balls|Lauren Ashburn|January 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST Years that we wish we could live again, so that we might revel in every full-blooded hour. Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair Their full-blooded complexions would shame our pale Lancashire factory hands. Romantic Spain|John Augustus O'Shea
Then he turned and with full-blooded cheeks and swimming eyes met unabashed Kathleen's demure and faintly mocking glance. Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie It did not seem to be worth while to pretend that I had, merely for the sake of being considered robust and full-blooded. The Silent Isle|Arthur Christopher Benson "I don't want you to get another house in town," interrupts the full-blooded, red-faced Frisbie. Atlantic Monthly,Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864|Various
British Dictionary definitions for full-blooded
adjective(esp of horses) of unmixed ancestry; thoroughbred having great vigour or health; hearty; virile Derived forms of full-bloodedfull-bloodedness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to full-bloodedhardy, hearty, powerful, robust, sound, thoroughbred, vigorous, virile, vital, unmixed |