Gore

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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