bloody-handed
bloody-handed adjective: having hands that have blood on them.
Adjective
bloody-handed (comparative more bloody-handed, superlative most bloody-handed)
- Having hands that have blood on them.
- Secondly there would have been blood transferred to Dr. Sheppard's hand and fingers by the bloody-handed killer as he removed Dr. Sheppard's wristwatch and ring.2000, Keith Inman, Norah Rudin, Principles and Practice of Criminalistics: The Profession of Forensic Science, →ISBN, page 186
- Murderous, guilty of or prone to violence or atrocities.
- Here, student, some man or woman kills living beings and is murderous, bloody-handed, given to blows and violence, merciless to living beings.2008, Dennis Candy, Peace in the Buddha's Discourses: A Compilation and Discussion, →ISBN, page 18
- Then taking Congè of that virgin pure, The bloody-handed babe unto her truth Did earnestly committ, and her conjure, In vertuous lore to traine his tender youth, And all that gentle noriture ensueth1758, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene (Canto 3)
Forms of bloody-handed
| comparative | more bloody-handed |
|---|---|
| superlative | most bloody-handed |
| alternative form | bloodyhanded |
Origin of bloody-handed
From bloody + handed.
Words formed from bloody-handed
Questions about bloody-handed
- What does bloody-handed mean?
- Bloody-handed means having hands that have blood on them.
- What part of speech is bloody-handed?
- Bloody-handed is an adjective.
Words near bloody-handed in the dictionary
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