full-blooded
2
5.0
- adjective
- /fʊlˈblʌdɪd/
:
de sangre pura
- Colonial authorities aspired to legally distinguish between mixed-race and full-blooded Indians and endeavored to govern their close and intimate encounters.
- full-blooded Indian
My dad is a full blooded Mexican man.
- My dad is a full blooded Mexican man.
- Born to a full blooded English woman and AUS army Sergeant in England.
Examples
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Born to a full blooded English woman and AUS army Sergeant in England.
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Although in Mexicali today there are perhaps fewer than 2,500 full-blooded Chinese and three times that number of mixed Chinese-Mexican ancestry, the Chinese influence remains substantial.
Academic text (1995) -
My wife is full-blooded Vietnamese and moved to the US to be with me three years ago.
Blog text (28) -
I am full-blooded Scottish and was born and bred in America.
Blog text (28) -
"My great-uncle was a full-blooded Crow," Meredith said with pride in her voice.
Fiction book (1991) -
Young Bear is a full-blooded, fully enrolled member of the Mesquakie settlement near Tama, Iowa.
Academic text (1995) -
Candace already knew that David's sixteen-year-old sister was adopted and that she was a full-blooded Native American.
Fiction book (2000) -
A tall butler in be-ribboned garters seated him beside Lady Ukhova's half-sister, Lady Oghul, a full-blooded Kazak who spoke no French.
Fiction book (2000) -
My father is a full-blooded Mexican man, proud of his heritage.
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She is a full-blooded member of the Cherokee tribe, celebrating her culture.
Synonyms
77
8.5
An animal with pure breeding and a known family line
2
6.2
An animal with official records that show it comes from a pure breed
2
7.2
A person or animal whose parents both come from the same group
An animal whose parents and grandparents are the same breed with papers showing no mixing
Antonyms
An animal or plant bred from parents of different breeds, sometimes from different species
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Full-blooded comes from the simple picture of being full of blood, meaning all from the same family or race. So, it describes a person or animal with 'unmixed' ancestry.