blood feastn.

Brit.

/ˈblʌd fiːst/, U.S.

/ˈbləd ˌfist/

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

Etymology: < blood n. + feast n.In quot. ?1611 at sense 1 a loose translation of ancient Greek αἰεὶ γάρ τοι ἔρις τε ϕίλη πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε ‘for strife is always dear to you and wars and battles’ (Homer Iliad 1.177).

1. An occasion of extended or unrestrained violence and bloodshed; a war or massacre; = bloodfest n. (a) at blood n. Compounds 5.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [noun] > instance of

slaughter1483

Sicilian Vespers1586

plot of the long knivesa1604

blood feast?1611

Parisian matins1614

Parisian massacre1657

bloodbath1814

Roman holiday1818

holocaust1833

bath of blood1882

pogrom1889

bloodfest1907

blood purge1959

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads i. 5 Strifes, battels, bloodie things, Make thy blood feasts still.

1813 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 19 Oct. The very hosts..who, alas, could not..make good their rich promises..of constant carnage and blood feasts and plunder.

1895 Catholic World July 483 Tragedy could offer nothing so sensational as the actual blood-feast of the arena.

1935 Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald 25 Sept. 9/1 Last night's blood feast [sc. boxing match] yielded gross receipts of $932, 944.

1951 J. R. Carlson Cairo to Damascus xxii. 418 A blood feast took place in Baghdad: some 400 Jews were killed.

1992 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 16 Aug. a7 There is no support however for similar action in Somalia, Afghanistan and other blood feasts raging around the world.

2002 J. L. Navarro After War (new ed.) vii. 95 There is no way to define the carnage that followed other than a blood feast.

a. A feast of blood or flesh, esp. that of a person killed as part of a ritual or occult practice.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feast by type of food

ambigu1669

oyster feast1718

waffle frolic1744

turtle-frolic1750

turtle-feast1753

turtle1771

turtle-dinner1805

waffle party1808

whitebait dinner1809

blood feast1832

sausage party1848

luau1853

pig roast1887

corn-roast1899

hog roast1908

marshmallow roast1914

spit roast1927

1832 J. F. Pennie in Britain's Hist. Drama iii. i. 56 I would rather..struggle with the wolf To share his midnight blood-feast.

1898 W. Bright Some Aspects Primitive Church Life iv. 168 There he goes to his blood-feast,—he and his have a poor little babe, all ready to be cut up and devoured.

1912 S. Bonsal Amer. Mediterranean xii. 232 There are no blood feasts partaken of or black masses celebrated in the Caribbees.

1970 V. Mehta Portrait of India v. 216 The British, claiming that Gaidilu was the priestess of a heinous cult that worshipped the Devil, practiced human sacrifice, and held blood feasts, put her in prison.

1991 W. F. Nolan in Weird Tales Fall 46/2 A blood feast was in progress and the victim was undoubtedly one of the homeless young girls picked up by the Henchmen.

2010 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 8 Jan. (Lifebeat section) 1 There's more than one scene in which a gang of hungry vampires descend on some human for a grisly blood feast.

b. An instance of feeding on the blood of a person or animal by a mosquito, leech, etc. Cf. blood meal n. (b) at blood n. Compounds 5.

ΚΠ

1889 Ballou's Monthly Mag. July 14/2 The leeches..had left his cold dead body for the warm blood feast from the elephant.

1904 Denver Med. Times Sept. 132 The female [mosquito] takes a blood feast every two or three days, to enable her to lay eggs.

1961 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 29 Sept. 8/6 Some [mosquitoes] prefer birds, others animals, and still others humans for their blood feast.

1997 T. Sitton & D. K. Utley From can see to Can't iv. 73 Bedbugs lived in bedding, creeping out for a blood feast only after lamps were out.

2008 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 5 July i. 10 Hundreds of hungry mosquitoes patiently searching for the inevitable tear in the screens that marks the beginning of their blood feast as you sleep.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blood feast
释义	blood feastn. Brit. /ˈblʌd fiːst/, U.S. /ˈbləd ˌfist/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blood n., feast n. Etymology: < blood n. + feast n.In quot. ?1611 at sense 1 a loose translation of ancient Greek αἰεὶ γάρ τοι ἔρις τε ϕίλη πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε ‘for strife is always dear to you and wars and battles’ (Homer Iliad 1.177). 1. An occasion of extended or unrestrained violence and bloodshed; a war or massacre; = bloodfest n. (a) at blood n. Compounds 5. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [noun] > instance of slaughter1483 Sicilian Vespers1586 plot of the long knivesa1604 blood feast?1611 Parisian matins1614 Parisian massacre1657 bloodbath1814 Roman holiday1818 holocaust1833 bath of blood1882 pogrom1889 bloodfest1907 blood purge1959 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads i. 5 Strifes, battels, bloodie things, Make thy blood feasts still. 1813 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 19 Oct. The very hosts..who, alas, could not..make good their rich promises..of constant carnage and blood feasts and plunder. 1895 Catholic World July 483 Tragedy could offer nothing so sensational as the actual blood-feast of the arena. 1935 Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald 25 Sept. 9/1 Last night's blood feast [sc. boxing match] yielded gross receipts of $932, 944. 1951 J. R. Carlson Cairo to Damascus xxii. 418 A blood feast took place in Baghdad: some 400 Jews were killed. 1992 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 16 Aug. a7 There is no support however for similar action in Somalia, Afghanistan and other blood feasts raging around the world. 2002 J. L. Navarro After War (new ed.) vii. 95 There is no way to define the carnage that followed other than a blood feast. 2. a. A feast of blood or flesh, esp. that of a person killed as part of a ritual or occult practice. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feast by type of food ambigu1669 oyster feast1718 waffle frolic1744 turtle-frolic1750 turtle-feast1753 turtle1771 turtle-dinner1805 waffle party1808 whitebait dinner1809 blood feast1832 sausage party1848 luau1853 pig roast1887 corn-roast1899 hog roast1908 marshmallow roast1914 spit roast1927 1832 J. F. Pennie in Britain's Hist. Drama iii. i. 56 I would rather..struggle with the wolf To share his midnight blood-feast. 1898 W. Bright Some Aspects Primitive Church Life iv. 168 There he goes to his blood-feast,—he and his have a poor little babe, all ready to be cut up and devoured. 1912 S. Bonsal Amer. Mediterranean xii. 232 There are no blood feasts partaken of or black masses celebrated in the Caribbees. 1970 V. Mehta Portrait of India v. 216 The British, claiming that Gaidilu was the priestess of a heinous cult that worshipped the Devil, practiced human sacrifice, and held blood feasts, put her in prison. 1991 W. F. Nolan in Weird Tales Fall 46/2 A blood feast was in progress and the victim was undoubtedly one of the homeless young girls picked up by the Henchmen. 2010 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 8 Jan. (Lifebeat section) 1 There's more than one scene in which a gang of hungry vampires descend on some human for a grisly blood feast. b. An instance of feeding on the blood of a person or animal by a mosquito, leech, etc. Cf. blood meal n. (b) at blood n. Compounds 5. ΚΠ 1889 Ballou's Monthly Mag. July 14/2 The leeches..had left his cold dead body for the warm blood feast from the elephant. 1904 Denver Med. Times Sept. 132 The female [mosquito] takes a blood feast every two or three days, to enable her to lay eggs. 1961 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 29 Sept. 8/6 Some [mosquitoes] prefer birds, others animals, and still others humans for their blood feast. 1997 T. Sitton & D. K. Utley From can see to Can't iv. 73 Bedbugs lived in bedding, creeping out for a blood feast only after lamps were out. 2008 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 5 July i. 10 Hundreds of hungry mosquitoes patiently searching for the inevitable tear in the screens that marks the beginning of their blood feast as you sleep. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?1611
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