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Webster 1913 Edition


Cold-blooded

Cold′-bloodˊed

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Adj.
1.
Having cold blood; – said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.
2.
Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.
3.
Not thoroughbred; – said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cold-blooded

COLD-BLOODED

,
Adj.
1.
Having cold blood.
2.
Without sensibility, or feeling.

Definition 2024


cold-blooded

cold-blooded

See also: coldblooded

English

Adjective

cold-blooded (comparative more cold-blooded, superlative most cold-blooded)

  1. Having an unregulated body temperature; ectothermic.
  2. Lacking emotion or compunction.

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