exsanguious

adjective

1. Destitute of blood; bloodless.

   archaic

   The third is the paucitie of blood obſerved in this animal, ſcarce at all to be found but in the eye, and about the heart; which defect being obſerved, inclined ſome into thoughts, that the ayre was a ſufficient maintenance for theſe exauguious^([sic – meaning exanguious]) parts.

2. Without red blood.

   archaic

Where it comes from

From Latin exsanguis, from ex (“out”) + sanguis, sanguinis (“blood”). Compare exsanguineous.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry exsanguious (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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