Blood"y (?), a. [AS. bldig.]

1.

Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.

2.

Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief.

3.

Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel.

Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. Shak.

4.

Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle.

5.

Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet.

[Vulgar]

Thackeray.

 

© Webster 1913.


Blood"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bloodied (); p. pr. & vb. n. Bloodying.]

To stain with blood.

Overbury.

 

© Webster 1913.