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bloodthirst

noun

Etymology

From blood + thirst.

  1. derived from *ters-✻
  2. inherited from *þurstuz✻
  3. inherited from *þurstu✻
  4. inherited from þurst
  5. inherited from thirst
  6. compounded as bloodthirst — “blood + thirst”

Definitions

  1. An eagerness for bloodshed.

    • The other surprise is the lack of bloodthirst. The Hound doesn’t lift a finger against his brother, and everyone walks away from the Dragon Pit alive except the wight, but he wasn’t alive to begin with.

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