hot-blooded

[hot-bluhd-id]

adjective

1. excitable; impetuous.

2. ardent, passionate, or virile.

3. adventuresome, exciting, or characterized by adventure and excitement.

4. (of livestock) of superior or pure breeding.

5. (of horses) being a Thoroughbred or having Arab blood.

hot-blooded

adjective

1. passionate or excitable

2. (of a horse) being of thoroughbred stock

Other Word Forms

• hot-bloodedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hot-blooded¹

First recorded in 1590–1600