sanguine
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gwɪn adjective
1.
cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
2.
reddish; ruddy: a sanguine complexion.
3.
(in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.
4.
bloody; sanguinary.
5.
blood-red; red.
noun
7.
a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings.
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Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English sanguyne a blood-red cloth < Old French sanguin < Latin sanguineus bloody, equivalent to sanguin-, stem of sanguis blood + -eus -eous
1275–1325; Middle English sanguyne a blood-red cloth < Old French sanguin < Latin sanguineus bloody, equivalent to sanguin-, stem of sanguis blood + -eus -eous
Related forms
san·guine·ly, adverb
san·guin·i·ty, san·guin·ness, noun
non·san·guine, adjective
non·san·guine·ly, adverb
non·san·guine·ness, noun
o·ver·san·guine, adjective
o·ver·san·guine·ly, adverb
o·ver·san·guine·ness, noun
pre·san·guine, adjective
qua·si-san·guine, adjective
qua·si-san·guine·ly, adverb
su·per·san·guine, adjective
su·per·san·guin·i·ty, noun
un·san·guine, adjective
un·san·guine·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. enthusiastic, buoyant, animated, lively, spirited.
1. enthusiastic, buoyant, animated, lively, spirited.
Antonyms
1. morose.
1. morose.
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sanguine (ˈsæŋɡwɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | cheerful and confident; optimistic |
| 2. | (esp of the complexion) ruddy in appearance |
| 3. | blood-red |
| 4. | an obsolete word for sanguinary |
| —n | |
| 5. | Also called: red chalk a red pencil containing ferric oxide, used in drawing |
| [C14: from Latin sanguineus bloody, from sanguis blood] | |
| 'sanguinely | |
| —adv | |
| 'sanguineness | |
| —n | |
| san'guinity | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
sanguine
1319, "type of red cloth," from O.Fr. sanguin (fem. sanguine), from L. sanguineus "of blood," also "bloody, bloodthirsty," from sanguis (gen. sanguinis) "blood" (see sanguinary). Meaning "blood-red" is recorded from 1382. Meaning "cheerful, hopeful, confident" first attested
1509, since these qualities were thought in medieval physiology to spring from an excess of blood as one of the four humors.
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Medical Dictionary
sanguine san·guine (sāng'gwĭn)
adj.
Of a healthy, reddish color; ruddy.
Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
Having blood as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology.
Archaic Having the temperament and ruddy complexion that was formerly thought to be characteristic of a person dominated by this humor; passionate.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
sanguine
chalk or crayon drawing done in a blood-red, reddish, or flesh colouring. The pigment employed is usually a chalk or clay containing some form of iron oxide. Sanguine was used extensively by 15th- and 16th-century artists such as Leonardo da Vinci (who employed it in his sketches for the Last Supper), Michelangelo, Raphael, and Andrea del Sarto.
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Example sentences
First, he's genuinely optimistic the economy will be okay, in part because he's sanguine about the expiration of fiscal stimulus.
At present they are sanguine about inflation and worried about unemployment, which means a rate rise this year is unlikely.
But to blame human error and algorithms entirely would be far too sanguine.
Experience on a former occasion teaches us not to be too sanguine in such hopes.
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