Gore
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- From Middle English gore, gor, gorre (“mud, muck”),
- from Old English gor (“dirt, dung, filth, muck”),
- from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; feces; manure”),
- from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot; warm”).
Noun
- gore (uncountable)
- Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
- Murder, bloodshed, violence.
- (obsolete except in dialects) Dirt; mud; filth.
Derived terms
- gory
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