blooded

English

Etymology

From Middle English bloded, equivalent to blood +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• enPR: blŭ′-dəd
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈblʌ.dəd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌdəd

Adjective

blooded (not comparable)

1. bloody, bleeding.
   • 2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 November 2011:

     Blackburn's cause was not helped when Morten Gamst Pedersen and Gael Givet collided going for the same ball, both players emerging blooded and dazed but otherwise unharmed.

2. Experienced (especially in warfare).

   Antonym: unblooded

   I'll let a rookie march behind me with a loaded weapon once he's been blooded in combat, until then he stays in front where I can see which way he's pointing.

3. Following a modifying word in a compound:
   1. (zoology) Having a certain physiological characteristic, particularly in relation to blood or the circulatory system.

      Mammals are warm-blooded.

   2. (figurative) Having a certain kind of temperament or disposition.

      Only a cold-blooded killer could have done something like this.

   3. (figurative, sometimes offensive in compounds that refer to purity or partial degrees) Having ancestry to a certain degree.

      He's a full-blooded Irishman.

   4. (figurative, sometimes derogatory) Having a certain ancestry.

      A blue-blooded aristocrat.

4. (zoology, of horses, cattle, etc.) Derived from ancestors of good blood; having a good pedigree.

Usage notes

• Outside of zoology, compound terms involving -blooded frequently carry connotations of instinct or purity, and are usually interpreted as value judgments about a person. Some uses are benign and in common use (e.g. hot-blooded), but those relating to ancestry may carry derogatory connotations due to being associated with eugenics, scientific racism or white nationalism.

Derived terms

• bloodedness
• blue-blooded, blueblooded
• cold-blooded, coldblooded
• fish-blooded, fishblooded
• full-blooded, fullblooded
• half-blooded, halfblooded
• hot-blooded, hotblooded
• non-blooded, nonblooded
• pure-blooded, pureblooded
• red-blooded, redblooded
• same-blooded, sameblooded
• unblooded
• warm-blooded, warmblooded

Verb

blooded

1. simple past and past participle of blood

Anagrams

• boodled