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Sanguine
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- 1 Having the colour of blood; blood red. literary
- 2 Having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours, thought to be marked by irresponsible mirth; indulgent in pleasure to the exclusion of important matters. obsolete
"What, what, ye sanguine, shallow-hearted boys!"
- 3 Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.
"a sanguine bodily temperament"
- 4 Warm; ardent.
"a sanguine temper"
- 5 Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope.
"I'm sanguine about the eventual success of the project."
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- 6 Full of blood; bloody. archaic
- 7 Bloodthirsty. archaic
- 1 inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life wordnet
- 2 confidently optimistic and cheerful wordnet
- 1 Blood colour; red. countable, uncountable
- 2 chalk of a reddish-brown colour that resembles dried blood wordnet
- 3 Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth. countable, uncountable
- 4 a blood-red color wordnet
- 5 A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey). countable, uncountable
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- 6 Bloodstone. countable, uncountable
- 7 Red crayon. countable, uncountable
- 1 To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.
Etymology
From Middle English sanguine, from Old French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“of blood”), from sanguis (“blood”) (of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”), with an obscure suffix such as *-ǵʰ- (related to body parts)) + -inus + -eus. Doublet of sanguineous.
From Middle English sanguine, from Old French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“of blood”), from sanguis (“blood”) (of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”), with an obscure suffix such as *-ǵʰ- (related to body parts)) + -inus + -eus. Doublet of sanguineous.
From Middle English sanguine, from Old French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“of blood”), from sanguis (“blood”) (of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”), with an obscure suffix such as *-ǵʰ- (related to body parts)) + -inus + -eus. Doublet of sanguineous.
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