Thirst for blood, eagerness for bloodshed.
1587. Mirr. Mag., Malin, xii. Bloudthirst cryes for vengeaunce, at his hand.
1610. Healey, St. Aug. Citie of God (1620), 91. Sylla’s … intollerable pride and bloud-thirst.
1882. C. L. Brace, Gesta Christi, 273. It could thus control, even for a moment, the passions and hate and blood-thirst of men.
