cold-bloodedadj.

Etymology: < cold blood n. + -ed suffix².

a. Having the blood (physically) cold, or of a temperature not higher than the external air or water: said esp. of fishes and reptiles as distinguished from the other vertebrata.

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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [adjective]

hard hearteOE

hateleOE

hard-heartedc1225

cruel1297

dure1412

flinty1536

heartless1556

flint-hearted1560

stone-hearted?1569

stony-hearted1569

iron-hearted1570

steel-hearted1571

unbowelled1592

blunt1594

flintful1596

flint-heart1596

brassy1600

unfeeling1600

cold-blooded1602

cold-hearteda1616

flinty-hearted1629

callous1647

unsympathizing1735

cool-hearted1748

pebble-hearted1816

unsympathetic1823

cold1849

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > internal organs and systems > [adjective] > relating to thermogenesis > cold-blooded

cold-blooded1602

ectothermic1946

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 30 Of round fish, Brit, Sprat, Barne..Whirlepole and Porpose. The generall way of killing these (that is the Fishermans bloudie terme, for this cold-blouded creature) is by Weares, [etc.].

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 235 Experiments on Galvanic Contractions excited upon warm and principally upon cold blooded Animals.

1851 W. B. Carpenter Man. Physiol. (ed. 2) 145 The length of time during which the ciliary movement continues after the general death of the body, is much less in the warm-blooded than in the cold-blooded animals.

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b. colloquial. Of a person whose circulation is slow.

c. with mixture of sense 2.

ΚΠ

1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. ix. 251 But then Aylmer was a cold-blooded man,—more like a fish than a man.

2. Without emotion or excitement, unimpassioned, cool; without sensibility, unfeeling, callous; deliberately cruel:

a. of persons.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > cold-blooded

cold-bloodeda1616

chill1751

cool-blooded1767

bloodless1794

cold1849

fish-blooded1898

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 49 Thou cold blooded slaue, Hast thou not spoke like thunder on my side?

1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. ii. 92 I am no cold-blooded philosopher.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 7 As king we find him [Henry IV] suspicious, cold-blooded, and politic.

1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville Riding Recoll. (ed. 7) ii. 14 It is the cold-blooded and sagacious wrestler who takes the prize.

b. of actions, conduct, etc.

ΚΠ

1828 W. Sewell Oxf. Prize Ess. 31 The coldblooded philosophy of Lycurgus.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 105 The instruments of his cold-blooded malice.

1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life xvi. 156 This case was peculiarly one of cold-blooded crime.

Derivatives

cold-bloodedly adv. in a cold-blooded manner.

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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [adverb]

cruellya1340

unfeelinglyc1374

hard-heartedly1583

callously1756

heartlessly1806

cold-bloodedly1838

unsympathizingly1856

unsympathetically1860

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > cold-bloodedly

in cool bloodOE

cold-bloodedly1838

1838 T. C. Grattan in New Monthly Mag. 53 52 Gamblers..playing..cold-bloodedly, without a frown on the forehead, and with a smile on the lips.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 130 Toward no crime have men shown themselves so cold-bloodedly cruel as in punishing difference of belief.

cold-bloodedness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [noun]

crueltyc1230

unfeelingness1398

cruelnessa1400

callum?1440

cruelc1440

crudelity1483

hard-heartedness1577

callosity1614

callousness1653

stony-heartedness1673

callus1683

heartlessness1701

cold-heartedness1850

unsympathy1856

cold-bloodedness1878

inhumanism1907

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > cold-blooded quality or behaviour

cold-bloodedness1878

1878 M. C. Jackson Chaperon's Cares II. iii. 44 Can we accuse him of cold-bloodedness and calculation, in acting thus?

1884 Manch. Examiner 19 Feb. 4/7 Another proof of the cold-bloodedness of the Government.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cold-blooded
释义	cold-bloodedadj. Etymology: < cold blood n. + -ed suffix². 1. a. Having the blood (physically) cold, or of a temperature not higher than the external air or water: said esp. of fishes and reptiles as distinguished from the other vertebrata. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [adjective] hard hearteOE hateleOE hard-heartedc1225 cruel1297 dure1412 flinty1536 heartless1556 flint-hearted1560 stone-hearted?1569 stony-hearted1569 iron-hearted1570 steel-hearted1571 unbowelled1592 blunt1594 flintful1596 flint-heart1596 brassy1600 unfeeling1600 cold-blooded1602 cold-hearteda1616 flinty-hearted1629 callous1647 unsympathizing1735 cool-hearted1748 pebble-hearted1816 unsympathetic1823 cold1849 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > internal organs and systems > [adjective] > relating to thermogenesis > cold-blooded cold-blooded1602 ectothermic1946 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 30 Of round fish, Brit, Sprat, Barne..Whirlepole and Porpose. The generall way of killing these (that is the Fishermans bloudie terme, for this cold-blouded creature) is by Weares, [etc.]. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 235 Experiments on Galvanic Contractions excited upon warm and principally upon cold blooded Animals. 1851 W. B. Carpenter Man. Physiol. (ed. 2) 145 The length of time during which the ciliary movement continues after the general death of the body, is much less in the warm-blooded than in the cold-blooded animals. Categories » b. colloquial. Of a person whose circulation is slow. c. with mixture of sense 2. ΚΠ 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. ix. 251 But then Aylmer was a cold-blooded man,—more like a fish than a man. 2. Without emotion or excitement, unimpassioned, cool; without sensibility, unfeeling, callous; deliberately cruel: a. of persons. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > cold-blooded cold-bloodeda1616 chill1751 cool-blooded1767 bloodless1794 cold1849 fish-blooded1898 a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 49 Thou cold blooded slaue, Hast thou not spoke like thunder on my side? View more context for this quotation 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. ii. 92 I am no cold-blooded philosopher. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 7 As king we find him [Henry IV] suspicious, cold-blooded, and politic. 1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville Riding Recoll. (ed. 7) ii. 14 It is the cold-blooded and sagacious wrestler who takes the prize. b. of actions, conduct, etc. ΚΠ 1828 W. Sewell Oxf. Prize Ess. 31 The coldblooded philosophy of Lycurgus. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 105 The instruments of his cold-blooded malice. 1882 W. Ballantine Some Exper. Barrister's Life xvi. 156 This case was peculiarly one of cold-blooded crime. Derivatives cold-bloodedly adv. in a cold-blooded manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [adverb] cruellya1340 unfeelinglyc1374 hard-heartedly1583 callously1756 heartlessly1806 cold-bloodedly1838 unsympathizingly1856 unsympathetically1860 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > cold-bloodedly in cool bloodOE cold-bloodedly1838 1838 T. C. Grattan in New Monthly Mag. 53 52 Gamblers..playing..cold-bloodedly, without a frown on the forehead, and with a smile on the lips. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 130 Toward no crime have men shown themselves so cold-bloodedly cruel as in punishing difference of belief. cold-bloodedness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > hard-heartedness > [noun] crueltyc1230 unfeelingness1398 cruelnessa1400 callum?1440 cruelc1440 crudelity1483 hard-heartedness1577 callosity1614 callousness1653 stony-heartedness1673 callus1683 heartlessness1701 cold-heartedness1850 unsympathy1856 cold-bloodedness1878 inhumanism1907 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > cold-blooded quality or behaviour cold-bloodedness1878 1878 M. C. Jackson Chaperon's Cares II. iii. 44 Can we accuse him of cold-bloodedness and calculation, in acting thus? 1884 Manch. Examiner 19 Feb. 4/7 Another proof of the cold-bloodedness of the Government. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1602
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