Bloody, (comp. “bloodier,” Mcb. V, 8, 7, superl. “bloodiest,” John IV, 3, 47) 1) stained with blood: “here friend by friend in b. channel lies,” Lucr. 1487. Sonn. 50, 9. Mids. V, 144. As IV, 3, 94. 139 etc. etc.
2) consisting of blood: “b. drops,” As III, 5, 7. “lust is but a b. fire,” Wiv. V, 5, 99 (i. e. a fire of or in the blood). “to break within the b. house of life,” John IV, 2, 210 (rather to be explained by a prolepsis).
3) attended with bloodshed: “b. death,” Lucr. 430. “in b. fight,” Pilgr. 280. Tp. I, 2, 142. Meas. II, 4, 181. John III, 4, 148. H4B V, 4, 14. H5 II, 4, 51. H6A I, 1, 156. II, 2, 18 etc. the bloodiest shame == the most shameful bloodshed, John IV, 3, 47. “in such b. distance,” Mcb. III, 1, 116.
4) bloodthirsty, cruel: “the boar, that b. beast,” Ven. 999. Lucr. 1648. Sonn. 16, 2. 129, 3. Tp. IV, 220. Merch. III, 3, 34. IV, 1, 138. Tw. III, 4, 243. As II, 3, 37. John IV, 1, 74. H6A II, 5, 100. IV, 2, 8. IV, 2, 8 V, 4, 62. H6B III, 1, 128. H6C V, 5, 61. R3 IV, 3, 6. Mcb. IV, 1, 79. V, 8, 7. Oth. V, 2, 44.
5) blood-red: “unwind your b. flag,” H5 I, 2, 101. “set up the b. flag,” Cor. II, 1, 84. Caes. V, 1, 14.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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