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单词 blood-thirsting
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blood-thirstingadj.

Brit. /ˈblʌdˌθəːstɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈblədˌθərstɪŋ/
Forms: see blood n. and thirsting adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blood n., thirsting adj.
Etymology: < blood n. + thirsting adj. Compare earlier bloodthirsty adj.
= bloodthirsty adj.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bloodthirstiness > [adjective]
bloodyeOE
bloodlyc1425
bloodthirsty1539
bloody-minded?1545
cannibal1555
blood-thirsting?1569
sanguinolent1577
blood-drinking1594
cannibalian1602
sword-minded1603
sanguisugous1615
sanguinary1623
sanguinarian1637
sanguinarious1654
sanguinous1663
sanguine1705
cannibalic?1795
cannibalish1796
cannibalistic1827
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > bloodthirstiness > [adjective]
bloodyeOE
bloodthirsty1539
bloody-minded?1545
cannibal1555
blood-thirsting?1569
bloodly1574
sanguinolent1577
blood-drinking1594
cannibalian1602
sword-minded1603
sanguisugous1615
sanguinary1623
sanguinarian1637
sanguinarious1654
sanguinous1663
sanguine1705
cannibalic?1795
cannibalish1796
cannibalistic1827
faggoty-minded1856
?1569 H. Gough tr. B. Georgijević Ofspring House of Ottomanno sig. Liv Abidyng no long communication, [he] incontinent directed his iorneye towardes hys bloude thirstynge Father.
1591 A. Fraunce Countesse of Pembrokes Emanuel sig. E2 They for ioy doe triumphe..Which makes them..with blood-thirsting disdaigne as a roabe to becou'red.
a1617 S. Hieron Wks. (1620) I. 20 The malicious and bloud-thirsting humour of Cain.
1642 S. Ashe Best Refuge 7 Blood-thirsting Saul.
1764 C. Churchill Duellist iii. 30 Assassination, her whole mind Blood-thirsting, on her arm reclin'd.
1794 Politics for People I. 208 The most cruel punishments that could be invented by the ready ministers of a blood thirsting monarch.
1845 Hogg's Weekly Instructor 1 Nov. 159/2 Egypt! The young child went down into it, and there found refuge from his bloodthirsting foes.
1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign xviii. 464 That the white settlers were not entirely overwhelmed in the first mad, blood-thirsting rush of relentless savagery is a matter for marvel.
1926 Boys' Life May 43/1 We are much too accustomed to turning a corner and confronting an Indian potentate, or a blood-thirsting pirate.
2009 R. Sharon Royal Blood xxvi. 446 Even in his blood-thirsting rampage, the instinct to protect her..had overridden aught else.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.?1569
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