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red-blooded

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red-blood·ed (rdbldd)
adj.
Strong and highly spirited.
red-blooded
adj
Informal vigorous; virile
red-bloodedness  n
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Adj.1.red-blooded - endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health; "a hearty glow of health"
full-blooded, lusty, hearty
healthy - having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy"
red-blooded
adjective (Informal) vigorous, manly, lusty, virile, strong, vital, robust, hearty I am, even if I say so myself, a red-blooded, heterosexual male.
Translations
red-blooded [ˈredˈblʌdɪd] ADJ (fig) → viril
red-blooded [ˌrɛdˈblʌdɪd] adj (fam) → gagliardo/a
red-blooded [ˌrɛdˈblʌdɪd] adj (fam) → gagliardo/a


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The constant battle of wits and senses against the many deadly foes that lurked by day and by night along the pathway of the wary and the unwary appealed to the spirit of adventure which breathes strong in the heart of every red-blooded son of primordial Adam.
The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
He did what no red-blooded man needs lessons in doing.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Men had always thought her a handsome comfortable woman, and had reckoned it among the signs of Bulstrode's hypocrisy that he had chosen a red-blooded Vincy, instead of a ghastly and melancholy person suited to his low esteem for earthly pleasure.
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