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ensanguined

Syllables: en·sang·uinedUK/ɛnˈsæŋɡwɪnd/

ensanguined adjective: bloodstained, bloody. Also the simple past and past participle of ensanguine.

Adjective

ensanguined (comparative more ensanguined, superlative most ensanguined)

  1. Bloodstained, bloody.
    • [W]ith hot Ravine fir'd, enſanguined Man / Is novv become the Lyon of the Plain, / And vvorſe.1728, [James] Thomson, Spring. A Poem, […] A[ndrew] Millar, […]; and G[eorge] Strahan, […], →OCLC, page 21
    • 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, published 1985, page 194

Also used as

ensanguined is also the simple past and past participle of ensanguine.

Forms of ensanguined

comparativemore ensanguined
superlativemost ensanguined

Origin of ensanguined

From ensanguine + -ed.

Questions about ensanguined

What does ensanguined mean?
Ensanguined means bloodstained, bloody.
What part of speech is ensanguined?
Ensanguined is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ensanguined?
Ensanguined is pronounced /ɛnˈsæŋɡwɪnd/ (UK).

Words near ensanguined in the dictionary

  1. ensampled
  2. ensamples
  3. ensampling
  4. ensanguinated
  5. ensanguine
  6. ensanguined
  7. ensanguines
  8. ensanguining
  9. ensansi
  10. ensartinib
  11. ensate

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