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Antonyms for pure-blooded

Grammar : Adj
Spell : pyoo r-bluhd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpyʊərˌblʌd

Definition of pure-blooded

Origin :
  • 1851, from pure blood (n.), attested from 1751 in reference to breeding, from pure (adj.) + blood (n.). As a noun meaning "a pure-blood animal" from 1882.
  • As in thoroughbred : adj pure, unmixed
  • As in purebred : adj pedigreed
  • As in highbred : adj thoroughbred
  • As in pureblood : adj thoroughbred
  • As in pureblooded : adj thoroughbred
Example sentences :
  • He did not laugh at his idea, as a pure-blooded Englishman would have laughed.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens
  • He danced so well that I seemed to see before me a pure-blooded Sicilian.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens
  • I have a Black, and two pure-blooded Indians, while the rest are Creoles.
  • Extract from : « In New Granada » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • "Nearly a pure-blooded London Saxon" is his characterization of himself.
  • Extract from : « Old Junk » by H. M. Tomlinson
  • I had understood that he had no poultry, but was in search of pure-blooded stock.
  • Extract from : « The History of The Hen Fever » by George P. Burnham
  • The instinct of their ancestors, the pure-blooded mustangs, was strong in them.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Boys on the Plains » by Jay Winthrop Allen
  • The Turks prefer the Turkman horse to the pure-blooded, slender Arabian.
  • Extract from : « Graceful Riding » by S. C. Waite
  • Bowser was not a pure-blooded hound; he was fat and he was faultily trained.
  • Extract from : « Through Forest and Fire » by Edward Ellis
  • It was a volume on the breeding and care of pure-blooded horses.
  • Extract from : « Judith of Blue Lake Ranch » by Jackson Gregory
  • He was a pure-blooded Camanche, and altogether, one of the finest specimens of his race I ever beheld.
  • Extract from : « Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches » by Edwin Eastman

Synonyms for pure-blooded

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