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ˌwarm-ˈblooded, a.
(Also ˈwarm-ˌblooded.)
a. Having warm blood; spec. of mammals and birds, which have a uniform high temperature.
1793T. Beddoes Let. Darwin 68 At a temperature considerably below that of warm-blooded animals. 1839T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 41 All the cetacea, as is well known, are warm-blooded animals. 1889G. Allen Falling in Love, etc. 80 Even among warm-blooded animals like the bears and dormice, hibernation occurs.
b. fig. Ardent, fervent, passionate.
1831Scott Cast. Dang. v, Strict discipline,..since the death of that great monarch, had been considerably neglected by the young and warm-blooded valour of England.
Hence warm-ˈbloodedness, the character or condition of being warm-blooded.
1923J. S. Huxley in Cornh. Mag. Apr. 427 In the birds as in the mammals,..we see the evolution..of physiological characters like warm-bloodedness or efficiency of circulation. 1946F. E. Zeuner Dating Past xii. 84 Warm-bloodedness and many other characters of the mammals are probably the consequence of a single important aromorph. 1982N.Y. Times Mag. 7 Feb. 34/4 High metabolisms, a characteristic of the warm-bloodedness of mammals and birds. |