bloodthirsty

adj
/ˈblʌdθəːsti/UK/ˈblʌdˌθɚsti/US

Etymology

From blood + thirsty. Cognate with West Frisian bloeddorstich (“bloodthirsty”), Dutch bloeddorstig (“bloodthirsty”), German blutdürstig (“bloodthirsty”), Danish blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”), Swedish blodtörstig (“bloodthristy”), Norwegian blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”).

  1. inherited from *þurstug
  2. inherited from þurstiġ
  3. inherited from thirsty
  4. compounded as bloodthirsty — “blood + thirsty

Definitions

  1. Thirsty for blood

    Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.

  2. Of a book, film, etc.

    Of a book, film, etc.: depicting much violence; gory, violent.

  3. Of a mosquito, tenaciously seeking to draw blood.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bloodthirsty. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA