half-blooded

[haf-bluhd-id, hahf-]

adjective

1. having parents of two different breeds, species, or the like.

half-blooded

adjective

1. being related to another individual through only one parent

2. having parents of different races

3. (of a domestic animal) having only one parent of known pedigree

Word History and Origins

Origin of half-blooded¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

He gets from eight hundred to one thousand half-blooded sheep, worth double their dams, and ready to be made the basis of another and higher stride in improvement.

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I fear that half-blooded rascal—he knows altogether too much if I can read aright the merry twinkle in his eyes and the inquiring look with which he scrutinizes every stranger who visits here.

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He says that by means of suggestion he taught a half-year old half-blooded mare-colt which he had raised himself, to fetch and carry, and this in a very short time.

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I am no better than most traders—you see it is the custom here, neither is she worse than any of these half-blooded Paumotuans.

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Ah! so different from those of most Polynesian half-blooded girls.

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