bloodhoundish

English

Etymology

From bloodhound +‎ -ish.

Adjective

bloodhoundish (comparative more bloodhoundish, superlative most bloodhoundish)

  1. Like, pertaining to, or characteristic of a bloodhound or a detective; able and eager to follow the scent.
    • 2010, Donna Tart, The Secret History‎[1]:
      " […] a large portion of the pleasure this sport afforded him was derived from his unerring and bloodhoundish sense that this, of all topics, was the one which made me most truly uncomfortable."
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