HOT-BLOODED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hot-blooded mean? 

• HOT-BLOODED (adjective)
  The adjective HOT-BLOODED has 1 sense:

1. prone to emotion

  Familiarity information: HOT-BLOODED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOT-BLOODED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prone to emotion

Context example:

hot-blooded Latin-Americans

Similar:

emotional (of more than usual emotion)

 Context examples 

Under the royal banners rode many a bold Gascon baron and many a hot-blooded islander.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was a young chap then, hot-blooded and reckless, ready to turn my hand at anything; I got among bad companions, took to drink, had no luck with my claim, took to the bush, and in a word became what you would call over here a highway robber.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Often in bygone wars had the Moors tempted the hot-blooded Spaniards from their places of strength by such pretended flights, but there were men upon the hill to whom every ruse and trick of war were as their daily trade and practice.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)