BLOODINESS

bloodiness, bloodthirstiness

(noun) a disposition to shed blood

bloodiness

(noun) the state of being bloody

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bloodiness (usually uncountable, plural bloodinesses)

The characteristic of being bloody.

Source: Wiktionary


Blood"i*ness, n.

1. The state of being bloody.

2. Disposition to shed blood; bloodthirstiness. All that bloodiness and savage cruelty which was in our nature. Holland.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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