Sanguine Definition
sănggwĭn
adjective
At ease; accepting.
American Heritage
Cheerful and confident; optimistic; hopeful.
Webster's New World
In medieval physiology, having the warm, passionate, cheerful temperament and the healthy, ruddy complexion of one in whom the blood is the predominant humor of the four.
Webster's New World
Having blood as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology.
American Heritage
Of the color of blood; ruddy.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
Wiktionary
verb
To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Sanguine
Noun
Singular:
sanguinePlural:
sanguinesOrigin of Sanguine
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From French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“of blood"), from sanguis (“blood"), of uncertain origin, perhaps Proto-Indo-European *h₁shâ‚‚-én-, from *h₁éshâ‚‚rÌ¥ (“blood").
From Wiktionary
Middle English blood-red, dominated by the humor blood, ruddy from Old French sanguin from Latin sanguineus bloody, blood-red from sanguis sanguin- blood
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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