ensanguined
English
Etymology
ensanguine + -ed
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɛnˈsaŋɡwɪnd/
Verb
ensanguined
- simple past tense and past participle of ensanguine
Adjective
ensanguined (comparative more ensanguined, superlative most ensanguined)
- 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.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 194:
Translations
bloodstained, bloody
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