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bloodiness|ˈblʌdɪnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
1. Bloody state or condition.
1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Ensangrentamiento, bluddines. a1617Hieron Wks. (1620) II. 472 The brine..to be purged from the bloudinesse it hath sucked out of the flesh. 1617Markham Caval. vi. 9 And bloodines of sides [of a horse].
2. Sanguinary quality, tendency to bloodshed.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 784 What goodnesse they changed into bloudinesse. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. III. xi. 156 War..carried on..with some circumstances of bloodiness. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. Acts xv. 29 Do nothing that..savoureth of cruelty and bloodiness. |