cold bloodn.

Etymology: see cold adj. 7b.

A phrase of the older physiology: from the sensations felt in the face and head when the circulation is quickened by exertion or excitement, the blood itself was supposed to grow hot or to ‘boil’, at other times to be ‘cold’ or not sensibly hot. See blood n. 11. Hence phrase in cold blood:

a. Coolly, without excitement, not in a passion; with sang froid.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [noun]

repressiona1413

governailc1425

willc1480

self-rule1532

coldness1548

stay1556

presentness of mind1598

coolness1607

cold blooda1609

temper1611

self-discipline1612

retention?1615

presence of mind?1624

self-governance1630

retentiveness1641

self-command1651

self-mastery1652

self-control1653

self-direction1653

self-restraint1656

self-possession1665

possessednessa1698

self-regulation1698

possession1703

retenue1747

sang-froid1750

self-collection1761

render1768

self-collectedness1805

self-repression1821

self-containedness1835

unimpulsiveness1860

cool-headedness1881

sophrosyne1889

cool1964

a1609 F. Vere Commentaries (1657) 47 A resolution framed in cold bloud.

a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 330/2 Punishment is fittest to be executed in cold Blood, the next day.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 407. ¶1 We can talk of Life and Death in cold Blood.

1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville Riding Recoll. (ed. 7) ii. 21 To ride him over a fence or two away from other horses in cold blood.

1881 Mrs. P. O'Donoghue Ladies on Horseback i. iii. 42 A horse..greatly dislikes being brought to his fences in cold blood.

b. Now chiefly in reference to doing with cool deliberation things which look like the cruel deeds of passion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [adverb]

coldly1526

coolly1580

cool1673

cold blood1711

self-possessedly1854

self-containedly1866

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 44. ¶5 It..looks like killing in cold Blood.

1757 T. Smollett Reprisal ii. xv We Englishmen never cut throats in cold blood.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar viii. 73 A few thousand prisoners were taken, but they were murdered afterwards in cold blood.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	cold blood
释义	cold bloodn. Etymology: see cold adj. 7b. A phrase of the older physiology: from the sensations felt in the face and head when the circulation is quickened by exertion or excitement, the blood itself was supposed to grow hot or to ‘boil’, at other times to be ‘cold’ or not sensibly hot. See blood n. 11. Hence phrase in cold blood: a. Coolly, without excitement, not in a passion; with sang froid. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [noun] repressiona1413 governailc1425 willc1480 self-rule1532 coldness1548 stay1556 presentness of mind1598 coolness1607 cold blooda1609 temper1611 self-discipline1612 retention?1615 presence of mind?1624 self-governance1630 retentiveness1641 self-command1651 self-mastery1652 self-control1653 self-direction1653 self-restraint1656 self-possession1665 possessednessa1698 self-regulation1698 possession1703 retenue1747 sang-froid1750 self-collection1761 render1768 self-collectedness1805 self-repression1821 self-containedness1835 unimpulsiveness1860 cool-headedness1881 sophrosyne1889 cool1964 a1609 F. Vere Commentaries (1657) 47 A resolution framed in cold bloud. a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 330/2 Punishment is fittest to be executed in cold Blood, the next day. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 407. ¶1 We can talk of Life and Death in cold Blood. 1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville Riding Recoll. (ed. 7) ii. 21 To ride him over a fence or two away from other horses in cold blood. 1881 Mrs. P. O'Donoghue Ladies on Horseback i. iii. 42 A horse..greatly dislikes being brought to his fences in cold blood. b. Now chiefly in reference to doing with cool deliberation things which look like the cruel deeds of passion. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [adverb] coldly1526 coolly1580 cool1673 cold blood1711 self-possessedly1854 self-containedly1866 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 44. ¶5 It..looks like killing in cold Blood. 1757 T. Smollett Reprisal ii. xv We Englishmen never cut throats in cold blood. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar viii. 73 A few thousand prisoners were taken, but they were murdered afterwards in cold blood. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.a1609
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