hot-blooded
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ɪd adjective
1.
excitable; impetuous.
2.
ardent, passionate, or virile.
3.
adventuresome, exciting, or characterized by adventure and excitement.
4.
(of livestock) of superior or pure breeding.
5.
(of horses) being a Thoroughbred or having Arab blood.
Origin:
1590–1600
1590–1600
Related forms
hot-blood·ed·ness, noun
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| hot-blooded | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | passionate or excitable |
| 2. | (of a horse) being of thoroughbred stock |
| hot-'bloodedness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
They seemed to lie halfway between hot-blooded, live-bearing placental mammals and cold-blooded, egg-laying reptiles.
The hot-blooded spirit of his stay there is captured only during the film's credit sequence, but that's enough.
Defendant's statement also revealed no evidence of provocation or a hot-blooded killing.
In one corner, an ice chapel beckons those impulsive and hot-blooded enough to get hitched.
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