The quality of lacking blood, vitality, emotion, or passion; a cold, unemotional state.
From 'bloodless' plus '-ness' suffix. The concept reflects a medieval belief that blood carried emotional life force.
Medieval doctors thought bloodletting would cure madness because they believed emotions literally lived in your blood—'bloodlessness' was supposed to cure too much feeling.
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