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bloodguilty

bloodguilty adjective: guilty of murder or bloodshed.

Adjective

bloodguilty (comparative more bloodguilty, superlative most bloodguilty)

  1. Guilty of murder or bloodshed.
    • a bloodguilty life1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield...

Forms of bloodguilty

comparativemore bloodguilty
superlativemost bloodguilty

Origin of bloodguilty

From blood + guilty.

Questions about bloodguilty

What does bloodguilty mean?
Bloodguilty means guilty of murder or bloodshed.
What part of speech is bloodguilty?
Bloodguilty is an adjective.

Words near bloodguilty in the dictionary

  1. Bloodgood
  2. Bloodgoods
  3. bloodguilt
  4. bloodguiltiness
  5. bloodguiltless
  6. bloodguilty
  7. bloodhead
  8. bloodheads
  9. bloodheat
  10. bloodhorn
  11. bloodhorse

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