Definition of Bloodiness

1. Noun. The state of being bloody.


2. Noun. A disposition to shed blood.
Exact synonyms: Bloodthirstiness
Generic synonyms: Disposition, Temperament
Derivative terms: Bloody, Bloodthirsty

Definition of Bloodiness

1. n. The state of being bloody.

Definition of Bloodiness

1. Noun. The characteristic of being bloody. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bloodiness

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Medical Definition of Bloodiness

1. 1. The state of being bloody. 2. Disposition to shed blood; bloodthirstiness. "All that bloodiness and savage cruelty which was in our nature." (Holland) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloodiness

bloodguilt
bloodguiltiness
bloodguilts
bloodguilty
bloodhead
bloodheads
bloodhound
bloodhounds
bloodied
bloodied nose
bloodied noses
bloodier
bloodies
bloodiest
bloodily
bloodiness
bloodinesses
blooding
bloodings
bloodleaf
bloodleafs
bloodleaves
bloodless
bloodless amputation
bloodless decerebration
bloodless operation
bloodless phlebotomy
bloodlessly
bloodlessness
bloodlessnesses

Literary usage of Bloodiness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Romans Under the Empire by Charles Merivale (1856)
"Bloodiness tion of the majesty of the Caesars; ... nor could they have been unconcerned at the increasing bloodiness and ferocity which now distinguished ..."

2. Aeneidea, Or, Critical, Exegetical, and Aesthetical Remarks on the Aeneis by James Henry (1878)
"... in the very midst of his great catastrophe, requested his reader's attention to two different kinds and degrees of bloodiness, indicated, ac- cording to ..."

3. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1856)
"The first general anatomical fact in reference to the disease under consideration, is the almost universal bloodiness of the tissues of the body in a ..."

4. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1856)
"The first general anatomical fact in reference to the disease under consideration, is the almost universal bloodiness of the ..."

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