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bloodguilty

American

[bluhd-gil-tee] / ˈblʌdˌgɪl ti /

adjective

guilty of murder or bloodshed.

Other Word Forms

bloodguilt noun
bloodguiltiness noun

Etymology

Origin of bloodguilty

First recorded in 1590–1600; blood(shed) + guilty

Example Sentences

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Such an one I thought to find in thee; and if I thought right, then truly I call thee true husband and King, but if not, then I count myself to have suffered loss, seeing that thou art not a coward only, but also bloodguilty.

From Project Gutenberg

Had my hand turned coward or played me false, This man that is my hand, and less than I And less than he bloodguilty, this my death Had been my husband's: now he has left it me.

From Project Gutenberg

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