cold-bloodedness
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a word derived from
cold-blooded.
cold-bloodedadjectivedesignating or pertaining to animals, as fishes and reptiles, whose blood temperature ranges from the freezing point upward, in accordance with the temperature of the surrounding medium; poikilothermic.
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The soft tissues that would be the most informative about warm- or cold-bloodedness are rarely preserved in fossils, and paleontologists obviously cannot directly measure an extinct animal’s body temperature.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 20, 2022
The tenaciousness, the risk-taking, the cold-bloodedness and the towering self-confidence — the qualities that make a spymaster — eventually consume their carriers.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2015
She inherits his reptilian cold-bloodedness, his narcissistic tendencies and his trivia obsession.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2015
That level of cold-bloodedness was one of the few genuine surprises in “Grand Guignol.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2014
It is remarkable, too, for its cold-bloodedness and lack of passion.
From My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley