blood-guiltlessadj.

Brit.

/ˌblʌdˈɡɪltlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˌblədˈɡɪltlᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blood n., guiltless adj.

Etymology: < blood n. + guiltless adj., after blood guilt n. Compare earlier blood-guilty adj.

rare.

Free of responsibility for bloodshed; not guilty of killing.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [adjective] > free from guilt > specific

blood-guiltless1753

1753 H. Walpole Let. 27 Apr. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) III. 40 I am glad you have got rid of your duel blood guiltless.

1839 C. A. Murray Trav. N. Amer. I. xvii. 326 I was determined not to let the sun set upon my blood-guiltless head; and, as it was only about two p.m., I..took my rifle, and again set out in quest of adventures.

1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 100 Child of a maiden, by a maid redeemed, blood-guiltless, though bought back with innocent blood.

1914 B. White Carpenter & Rich Man ii. 34 Because oppression incarnates its unholy energies in human beings..these human agents cannot be held blood-guiltless. They have forfeited all claim to clemency.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blood-guiltless
释义	blood-guiltlessadj. Brit. /ˌblʌdˈɡɪltlᵻs/, U.S. /ˌblədˈɡɪltlᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blood n., guiltless adj. Etymology: < blood n. + guiltless adj., after blood guilt n. Compare earlier blood-guilty adj. rare. Free of responsibility for bloodshed; not guilty of killing. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [adjective] > free from guilt > specific blood-guiltless1753 1753 H. Walpole Let. 27 Apr. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) III. 40 I am glad you have got rid of your duel blood guiltless. 1839 C. A. Murray Trav. N. Amer. I. xvii. 326 I was determined not to let the sun set upon my blood-guiltless head; and, as it was only about two p.m., I..took my rifle, and again set out in quest of adventures. 1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus 100 Child of a maiden, by a maid redeemed, blood-guiltless, though bought back with innocent blood. 1914 B. White Carpenter & Rich Man ii. 34 Because oppression incarnates its unholy energies in human beings..these human agents cannot be held blood-guiltless. They have forfeited all claim to clemency. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1753
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