BLOODY-MINDED

PRONUNCIATION: (BLUHD-ee-MYN-did)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Disposed to violence and bloodshed.
2. Stubborn; obstructive. (chiefly used in British English)

ETYMOLOGY: From blood, from Old English blod + mind, from Old English gemynd (memory, thought). Earliest documented use: 1545
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BLONDY-MINDED - daydreaming of Dagwood Bumstead's wife

BLOOPY-MINDED - planning to surprise the infielders by bunting

BLOODY-MINED - the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia ("blood and bone is the price of coal")