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ˈblood-guilty, a.
[f. as prec. + guilty.]
Guilty of bloodshed; responsible for the murder or death of any one.
1597Drayton Mortimer. 34 Murthered by her owne blood-guiltie hands. 1795Southey Joan of Arc ix. 24 That proud prelate, that blood-guilty man. 1858Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. I. lvi. 221 Look at Spain..and see whether no solemn lesson has been read to the blood-guilty.
Hence blood-ˈguiltiness, blood-guilt. So also blood-ˈguiltless a., guiltless or innocent of bloodshed or murder.
1535Coverdale Ps. l. [li.] 14 Delyuer me from bloudgyltynesse o God. 1649Milton Eikon. xix. Wks. (1851) 478 Hee hath confess'd..the bloodguiltiness of all this Warr to lie upon his own head. 1753H. Walpole Lett. H. Mann (1833) III. 40 (D.) I am glad you have got rid of your duel blood-guiltless. 1884Weekly Times 10 Oct. 3/3 It would be blood-guiltiness. |