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sanguineous
[ sang-gwin-ee-uhs ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or containing blood.
- of the color of blood.
- involving much bloodshed.
- sanguine; confident.
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Derived Forms
- sanˈguineousness, noun
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Other Words From
- san·guine·ous·ness noun
- unsan·guine·ous adjective
- unsan·guine·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sanguineous1
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Example Sentences
The phagocytes are numerous in the sanguineous fluid, but are still six hundred and fifty times less so than the red corpuscles.
But punctilli are infections commonly sanguineous, as if they had arisen from a fleabite, only they remain continually.
M. Stanislas Kapp was the son of and heir of a rich brewer of Strasbourg, a youth of a sanguineous—and sanguinary—temperament.
They are no longer Minnesingers, but warriors of sanguineous complexion.
In his account of the sanguineous and nervous systems, the errors seem more numerous.
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