Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SAN'GUIN-A-RY, a. [Fr. sanguinaire; L. sanguinarius, from sanguis, blood.]

1. Bloody; attended with much bloodshed; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest or battle.
2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood. Passion … makes us brutal and sanguinary. – Broome.