gore

English

/ɡɔː/, /ɡɔɹ/, /ɡo(ː)ɹ/, /ɡoə/

noun
Definitions
  • Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
  • Murder, bloodshed, violence.
  • (obsolete) Dirt; mud; filth.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English gore (patch, fabric, clothes, gore, muck) inherited from Old English gor (muck, dirt, dung, filth) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gurą (manure, half-digested stomach contents, feces, filth) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (warm, hot, heat, warmhot, be warm).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʷʰer-

Gloss

warm, hot, heat, warmhot, be warm

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

暑, 熱

Emoji
🌡️ ☀️ 🌞 🌵

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