12 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
adjective accompanied by bloodshed
originEtymology tree English slaughter Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English slaughterous From slaughter + -ous.
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