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warmblooded

warmblooded is the alternative spelling of warm-blooded.

Meaning of warm-blooded

Adjective

warm-blooded (comparative more warm-blooded or warmer-blooded, superlative most warm-blooded or warmest-blooded)

  1. Maintaining a relatively constant and warm body temperature, regardless of the ambient temperature; endothermic.
    • The cold-blooded animals are all feeble breathers, and the most energetic breathers are the warmest-blooded. A mollusc, a fish, a frog, a quadruped, and a bird, represent the various stages of this correspondence.1858 October, [George Henry Lewes], “Animal Heat”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume LXXXIV, number DXVI, Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, page 427, column 1
  2. (idiomatic) Passionate.
    • Claire jumped from her chair and smiled the warmest-blooded smile that she could muster.2003, Adele Griffin, Witch Twins and Melody Malady, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion Books for Children, →ISBN, page 27

Words formed from warmblooded

Questions about warmblooded

What is warmblooded the alternative spelling of?
Warmblooded is the alternative spelling of warm-blooded.

Words near warmblooded in the dictionary

  1. warmate
  2. warmates
  3. Warmbier
  4. warmblood
  5. warmblood fragile foal syndrome
  6. warmblooded
  7. warmbloodedness
  8. warmbloods
  9. warmboot
  10. warmdown
  11. warmdowns

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