ensanguined

English

Etymology

ensanguine +‎ -ed

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɛnˈsaŋɡwɪnd/

Verb

ensanguined

  1. simple past tense and past participle of ensanguine

Adjective

ensanguined (comparative more ensanguined, superlative most ensanguined)

  1. Bloodstained, bloody.
    • 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 194:
      The flames retired from the spot on which the blood was pouring. A volume of dark clouds rose slowly from the ensanguined earth, and ascended gradually till it reached the vault of the cavern.

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