blood-warmadj.
/ˈblʌdˌwɔːm/, U.S. /ˈblədˌwɔrm/ 1. That is as warm as blood; being at or near blood heat. Cf. bloodhot adj. at blood n. Compounds 5.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > warm > warm as specific substance
milk-warmc1425
blood-warm1530
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement f. lxxxxv Leuke warme or blodde warme, ma. et fe. tiede s.
1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 4 Then rensch hym wyth louke or bloode warm water.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 130v Seethe them togeather..and geue it him bludwarme in the mornyng.
1691 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 16 532 [They] put them over a Fire till they are more than Blood-warm; which will make them [sc. skins] ladder and scour perfectly clean.
1719 F. Hauksbee Physico-mech. Exper. Supp. 255 I caus'd some Water to be heated about Blood-warm.
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery x. 121 Skim it, warm it Blood-warm, and drink it.
1827 J. Farey Treat. Steam Engine v. 375 The hot water may issue at the discharging valve m, at about 96 deg. of Fahrenheit, that is, blood-warm.
1884 N.Y. Daily Tribune 13 Jan. 10/3 Have the water blood warm. Dissolve the yeast in one-third of a cupful of cold water.
1907 A. C. Morrison Baking Powder Controv. II. 1392 At this point a teaspoonful of salt is stirred into a pint of blood warm water.
1943 F. Gervasi But Soldiers wondered Why xii. 128 The moselle was well chilled, the burgundy blood-warm, and the champagne cold enough to split stone.
2005 D. Gabaldon Breath of Snow & Ashes lxxxiv. 736 I..cut quick but careful through the wall of the womb, dropped the knife, and thrust my hands into the depths of Malva Christie, still blood-warm, and seized the child.
2. figurative. Characterized by the warmth of humanity or of human feeling.
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the mind > emotion > love > affection > [adjective] > characterized by warmth
heartlyc1390
warm-hearted?a1513
warm1526
blood-warm1833
1833 R. Montgomery Woman 159 Backward rolls the blood-warm tide Of feelings, rich with early truth.
1837 R. W. Emerson Oration before Phi Beta Kappa Soc. 24 In contrast with their writing, the style of Pope, of Johnson, of Gibbon, looks cold and pedantic. This writing is blood-warm.
1908 H. G. Wells First & Last Things iv. i. 286 A bridge between the blood-warm private life and the intolerable spaciousness of right and wrong.
1928 Nation's Schools 1 75/2 Conviction is forced by a bloodwarm personality hurling words tipped with fire.
1993 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 26 Sept. 11/3 The writing is clear, crisp and blood-warm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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