bloodshotten

bloodshotten
\\ˈbləd|shätən\ adjective
Etymology: blood + shotten, obsolete past participle of shoot
now dialect : bloodshot

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • bloodshotten — blood·shot·ten …   English syllables

  • bloodshot — (adj.) also blood shot, 1550s, short for bloodshotten (c.1500), from BLOOD (Cf. blood) (n.) + old pp. of SHOOT (Cf. shoot) …   Etymology dictionary

  • blood|shot — «BLUHD SHOT», adjective. (of the eyes) red and sore from inflamed blood vessels: »A cinder in his eye made it bloodshot. ╂[earlier bloodshotten < blood + shotten suffused with, earlier past participle of shoot] …   Useful english dictionary

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