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Bloody
Definitions
- 1 Covered in blood.
"All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump."
- 2 Characterised by bloodshed.
"There have been bloody battles between the two tribes."
- 3 Used as an intensifier. British, Commonwealth, Hawaii, Ireland, informal, mildly, vulgar
"Traffic in central London was a bloody mess this morning."
- 4 Badly behaved; unpleasant; beastly. dated
"Come to apologize to Charles. I was bloody to him and he's my guest. He's my guest and my only friend and I was bloody to him."
- 1 having or covered with or accompanied by blood wordnet
- 2 informal intensifiers wordnet
- 1 Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or for emphasis. Australia, British, India, Ireland, New-Zealand, Newfoundland, South-Africa, informal, mildly, vulgar
"Walk! Not bloody likely. [Sensation]. I am going in a taxi. [She goes out]."
- 1 extremely wordnet
- 1 Ellipsis of bloody mary. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
- 1 To stain with blood. transitive
"The butcher often bloodied his apron in the course of his work."
- 2 cover with blood wordnet
- 3 To draw blood from (one's opponent) in a fight. transitive
- 4 To demonstrably harm (the cause of an opponent). transitive
Etymology
From Middle English blody, blodi, from Old English blōdiġ, blōdeġ (“bloody”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdag, from Proto-Germanic *blōþagaz (“bloody”), equivalent to blood + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bläidich, blöidig, blouderch (“bloody”), West Frisian bloedich (“bloody”), Dutch bloedig (“bloody”), German Low German blödig (“bloody”), German blutig (“bloody”), Danish blodig (“bloody”), Swedish blodig (“bloody”), Faroese blóðigur (“bloody”), Icelandic blóðugur (“bloody”). See Wikipedia for thoughts on sense evolution.
From Middle English blody, blodi, from Old English blōdiġ, blōdeġ (“bloody”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdag, from Proto-Germanic *blōþagaz (“bloody”), equivalent to blood + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bläidich, blöidig, blouderch (“bloody”), West Frisian bloedich (“bloody”), Dutch bloedig (“bloody”), German Low German blödig (“bloody”), German blutig (“bloody”), Danish blodig (“bloody”), Swedish blodig (“bloody”), Faroese blóðigur (“bloody”), Icelandic blóðugur (“bloody”). See Wikipedia for thoughts on sense evolution.
From Middle English *blodien, *blodegen (attested as blodeke, bi-blodgi), from Old English blōdgian, blōdegian (“to bloody, make bloody”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdagōn (“to make bloody”), from Proto-Germanic *blōþagōną (“to make bloody”). Cognate with Middle High German bluotigen (“to make bloody”), Swedish blodga (“to make bloody”), Icelandic blóðga (“to bloody”).
Clipping of bloody mary.
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