bloodthirst
/ˈblʌdˌθəːst/noun
Thirst for blood, eagerness for bloodshed.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in John Higgins (b. c1544), poet and linguist. From blood + thirst.
- headless chicken
- headless cross
- head lessee
- headless horse
- headless horseman
- headlessness
- headlet
- headlight
- head line
- headline
- headline-ese
- headline-grabber
- headline-grabbing
- headline maker
- head linen
- headline news
- headliner
- headlinese
- head-load
- headload
- head lobe
- headlock
- headlong
- headlongly
- headlongness