From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
nonhuman \nonhuman\ adj.
not human. Opposite of {human}. [Narrower terms: {anthropoid,
anthropoidal, apelike}; {bloodless}; {dehumanized, unhuman};
{grotesque, monstrous, unnatural}; {mechanical}]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bloodless \Blood"less\, a. [AS. bl[=o]dle['a]s.]
1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless
cheeks; lifeless; dead.
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The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. --Dryden.
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2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a
bloodless victory. --Froude.
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3. Without spirit or activity.
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Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood ! --Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- {Blood"less*ly}, adv. --
{Blood"less*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bloodless
adj 1: destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless
carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden [syn:
{bloodless}, {exsanguine}, {exsanguinous}]
2: free from blood or bloodshed; "bloodless surgery"; "a
bloodless coup" [ant: {bloody}]
3: without vigor or zest or energy; "an insipid and bloodless
young man"
4: devoid of human emotion or feeling; "charts of bloodless
economic indicators"
5: anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned
ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with
bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid
with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with
terror"; "a face white with rage" [syn: {ashen}, {blanched},
{bloodless}, {livid}, {white}]
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