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Definition of Full-blooded

1. Adjective. Of unmixed ancestry. "Blooded Jersies"

2. Adjective. Endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health. "A hearty glow of health"

Definition of Full-blooded

1. Adjective. Of purebred ancestry ¹

2. Adjective. Having a florid or ruddy complexion ¹

3. Adjective. Hearty or lusty ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Full-blooded

1. 1. Having a full supply of blood. 2. Of pure blood; thoroughbred; as, a full-blooded horse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Full-blooded

fulham fulhams fulicine fuliginosities fuliginosity fuliginous fuliginously fuliguline fulimart fulimarts

full full(a) full-back full-backs full-blood full-blooded (current term) full-blown full-bodied full-bore full-bosomed

full-clad full-court press full-deckism full-deckisms full-dress full-dress uniform full-face full-fashioned full-figured

Literary usage of Full-blooded

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Men of Our Times; Or, Leading Patriots of the Day: Being Narratives of the by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1868)
"MAJOR-GENERAL PHILIP HENRY SHERIDAN is a full- blooded Irishman by descent, though American by birth. He was born in poverty. So large a share of American ..."

2. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"Visit from the Proprietor of the Rancho, a full-blooded Indian.—His Character.—Visit to the Ruins.—Garrapatas.—Old Walls.—Façades.— Imposing Scene of Ruins. ..."

3. The Philippine Islands by Ramon Reyes Lala (1898)
"Over this is a narrower waist-cloth usually of silk and of a darker color. Over the breast and shoulders is generally full-blooded NATIVE GIRL IX ..."

4. American Agriculturist (1847)
"... of those crossed between Merino and Saxony, with two half pennies under the right ear; and the full blooded Saxony with two half pennies under each ear. ..."

5. The Lone-star of Liberia: Being the Outcome of Reflections on Our Own People by Frederick Alexander Durham (1892)
"But the Mixed-blooded is not the ' natural leader' of the full-blooded African in ... The choice of leadership lies always with the full-blooded African. ..."

6. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence by Thomas Jefferson (1859)
"Give all the full-blooded males we can raise to the different counties of our State, one to each, as fast as we can furnish them. ..."

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