bloodguilty

English

Etymology

From blood +‎ guilty.

Adjective

bloodguilty (comparative more bloodguilty, superlative most bloodguilty)

1. Guilty of murder or bloodshed.
   • 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:

     a bloodguilty life

Related terms

• bloodguilt
• bloodguiltiness
• bloodguiltless

References

• “bloodguilty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.