bloodiness
- n the state of being bloody
- n a disposition to shed blood
- Herzfeld, for example, is worried about his work's obvious bloodiness but says he wanted to show "that real violence has real consequences.
- The really memorable princes in Prescott's collection are those theatrical exceptions who distinguish themselves not by bloodiness but by generosity and whimsy.
- The high mark of judicial bloodiness came with Henry VIII, of whose subjects 72,000 were executed.