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blooded
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English
Etymology
From Middle English bloded, equivalent to blood + -ed.
Pronunciation
Adjective
blooded (not comparable)
- bloody, bleeding.
- Experienced (especially in warfare).
- Antonym: unblooded
- I'll let a rookie march behind me with a loaded weapon once he's been blooded in combat, until then he stays in front where I can see which way he's pointing.
- Following a modifying word in a compound:
- (zoology) Having a certain physiological characteristic, particularly in relation to blood or the circulatory system.
- Mammals are warm-blooded.
- (figurative) Having a certain kind of temperament or disposition.
- Only a cold-blooded killer could have done something like this.
- (figurative, sometimes offensive in compounds that refer to purity or partial degrees) Having ancestry to a certain degree.
- He's a full-blooded Irishman.
- (figurative, sometimes derogatory) Having a certain ancestry.
- A blue-blooded aristocrat.
- (zoology) Having a certain physiological characteristic, particularly in relation to blood or the circulatory system.
- (zoology, of horses, cattle, etc.) Derived from ancestors of good blood; having a good pedigree.
Usage notes
- Outside of zoology, compound terms involving -blooded frequently carry connotations of instinct or purity, and are usually interpreted as value judgments about a person. Some uses are benign and in common use (e.g. hot-blooded), but those relating to ancestry may carry derogatory connotations due to being associated with eugenics, scientific racism or white nationalism.
Derived terms
- bloodedness
- blue-blooded, blueblooded
- cold-blooded, coldblooded
- fish-blooded, fishblooded
- full-blooded, fullblooded
- half-blooded, halfblooded
- hot-blooded, hotblooded
- non-blooded, nonblooded
- pure-blooded, pureblooded
- red-blooded, redblooded
- same-blooded, sameblooded
- unblooded
- warm-blooded, warmblooded
Verb
blooded
- simple past and past participle of blood
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