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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.
EXPANDblood-red; red.
6.
COLLAPSEHeraldry. a reddish-purple tincture.
noun
7.
a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings.
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Sanguinity
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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
EXPANDo·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
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. enthusiastic, buoyant, animated, lively, spirited.
1. enthusiastic, buoyant, animated, lively, spirited.
Antonyms
1. morose.
1. morose.
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| sanguine (ˈsæŋɡwɪn) | |
| —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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