cold blood

See also: coldblood

English

Noun

cold blood (uncountable)

1. (obsolete outside the phrase in cold blood) A state of mild or low emotions, previously understood as a condition whereby the blood has not been appreciably heated by emotional intensity.

Derived terms

• cold-blooded
• in cold blood

References

• “cold blood, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.