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[ˈblʌdi], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- covered, smeared, or running with blood
(e.g: his bloody hands)
- involving or characterized by bloodshed or cruelty
(e.g: a bloody coup)
Phrases:
- bloodied but unbowed
Origin
:
Old English blōdig(see blood, -y)
[ˈblʌdi], (Verb)
Definitions:
- cover or stain with blood
(e.g: he ended the fight with his face bloodied and battered)
Phrases:
- bloodied but unbowed
Origin
:
Old English blōdig(see blood, -y)
[ˈblʌdi], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis
(e.g: you took your bloody time)
- unpleasant or perverse
(e.g: don't be too bloody to poor Nigel)
Phrases:
- bloody hell
Origin
:
mid 17th century: from bloody. The use of bloody to add emphasis to an expression is of uncertain origin, but is thought to have a connection with the ‘bloods’ (aristocratic rowdies) of the late 17th and early 18th centuries; hence the phrase bloody drunk (= as drunk as a blood) meant ‘very drunk indeed’. After the mid 18th century until quite recently bloody used as a swear word was regarded as unprintable, probably from the mistaken belief that it implied a blasphemous reference to the blood of Christ, or that the word was an alteration of ‘by Our Lady’; hence a widespread caution in using the term even in phrases, such as bloody battle, merely referring to bloodshed
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