UNBLOODY

nonviolent, unbloody

(adjective) achieved without bloodshed; “an unbloody transfer of power”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

unbloody (comparative more unbloody, superlative most unbloody)

Not bloody.

unbloody sacrifice

Source: Wiktionary


Un*blood"y, a.

Definition: Not bloody. Dryden. Unbloody sacrifice. (a) A sacrifice in which no victim is slain. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Mass.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

6 May 2025

HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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