ensanguined means bloodstained, bloody.
ensanguined is pronounced /ɛnˈsæŋɡwɪnd/.
Why “ensanguined” is a great word
Stained or covered with blood. From the prefix en- ("to cause to be") + sanguine (from Latin sanguis, "blood") + the adjectival suffix -ed. Unlike "sanguine," which primarily suggests a cheerful disposition, or "gory," which emphasizes copious, violent shedding, "ensanguined" is a literary and general term for the state of being bloodstained. It is the rust-brown bloom on a surgeon's cuff, the delicate traceries left by a pricked finger on linen, or the dark varnish on a battlefield sword—a word that observes the fact of blood without flinching, yet holds its violence at an aesthetic, almost clinical, remove.
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