bloodthirstinessn.
/ˈblʌdˌθəːstɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈblədˌθərstinᵻs/ Eagerness for bloodshed; murderousness.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bloodthirstiness > [noun]
bloodthirstiness?1568
bloodthirst1574
cannibalism1634
bloody-mindedness1638
sanguinolency1664
sanguinariness1689
acharnement1756
cannibality1796
bloodlust1848
sanguinolence1891
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > bloodthirstiness > [noun]
bloodthirstiness?1568
bloodthirst1574
cannibalism1634
bloody-mindedness1638
sanguinolency1664
sanguinariness1689
acharnement1756
bloodlust1848
sanguinolence1891
?1568 tr. Declar. Prince of Orange Def. against Duke of Alba sig. A.vv If their wicked purpose, greedy couetousnes, and bloudthirstines be not preuented, it is lyke to fall into greater.
1631 T. Drue Life Dutches of Suffolke iii. sig. E1 Savage men, That with blood-thirstinesse pursue our deaths.
1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) iii. 9 The bloudthirstinesse of the Leech.
1738 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 29/2 They would upbraid the Government with Blood-thirstiness and Cruelty, if they made any Examples.
1798 J. C. Cross Raft i. 11 Once rous'd 'tis not the blood thirstiness of tigers or sputtering of monkies can appease them.
1826 E. Irving Babylon II. viii. 303 A generation of raven and blood-thirstiness.
1862 J. Skelton Nugæ Criticæ §5. 209 Even the bloodthirstiness of Alva could not rival his master's.
1907 Current Lit. Jan. 98/1 We should never approach the subject of bloodthirstiness in children from an ethical point of view.
1970 E. Brathwaite Devel. Creole Soc. in Jamaica (1978) 106 General Walpole fought and won the campaign..with great skill but without the bloodthirstiness urged on him by the Governor.
2000 Canberra Times (Nexis) 11 Nov. a20 Sheer..blood-thirstiness when it comes to the death penalty.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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