bloodguilty

[ bluhd-gil-tee ]

adjective

1. guilty of murder or bloodshed.

Other Words From

• bloodguilt bloodguilti·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bloodguilty¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

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Miracles are not for the bloodguilty. 

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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.

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