12 letters · 21 points in Scrabble
adjective marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; ; ; -G.W.Johnson
originFrom blood + thirsty. Cognate with West Frisian bloeddorstich (“bloodthirsty”), Dutch bloeddorstig (“bloodthirsty”), German blutdürstig (“bloodthirsty”), Danish blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”), Swedish blodtörstig (“bloodthristy”), Norwegian blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”).
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