sanguine

san·guine

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Megan's sanguine complexion becomes even more pronounced when she is embarrassed.

adjective

The definition of sanguine is someone or something the color of blood or a reddish color.

An example of sanguine is rosy cheeks.

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sanguine

of the color of blood; ruddy: said esp. of complexions
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
cheerful and confident; optimistic; hopeful
Now Rare sanguinary (sense )

Origin of sanguine

Middle English sanguin from Middle French from Classical Latin sanguineus from sanguis (gen. sanguinis), blood

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sanguine

adjective

a. Cheerfully confident; optimistic: sanguine about the prospects for an improved economy.
b. At ease; accepting: “Deborah was generally sanguine about the women in Franklin's life” ( Walter Isaacson )
Archaic
a. Having blood as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology.
b. Having the temperament and ruddy complexion formerly thought to be characteristic of a person dominated by this humor; passionate.
a. Of the color of blood; red.
b. Of a healthy reddish color; ruddy: a sanguine complexion.

Origin of sanguine

Middle English blood-red, dominated by the humor blood, ruddy from Old French sanguin from Latin sanguineus bloody, blood-red from sanguis sanguin- blood

Related Forms:

san′guine·ly
adverb

san′guine·ness san·guin′i·ty
noun

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Adjective

(comparative more sanguine, superlative most sanguine)

Having the colour of blood; red.
1597 "” Shakespeare, 1 Hen IV ii 4
I'll be no longer guilty of this sin; this sanguine coward, this
bed-presser, this horse-back-breaker, this huge hill of flesh.
Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.
a sanguine bodily temperament
Warm; ardent.
a sanguine temper
Anticipating the best; optimistic; not despondent; confident; full of hope.
sanguine of success

Usage notes

Not to be confused with sanguinary.

Antonyms

Noun

(plural sanguines)

Blood colour; red.
Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth.
Bloodstone.
Red crayon. See the Note under crayon, 1.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present sanguines, present participle sanguining, simple past and past participle sanguined)

To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.

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Origin

From French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“of blood"), from sanguis (“blood"), of uncertain origin, perhaps Proto-Indo-European *hâ‚shâ‚‚-Ã©n-, from *hâ‚Ã©shâ‚‚rÌ¥ (“blood").

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sanguine - Medical Definition

adj.

Of the color of blood; red.
Of a healthy reddish color; ruddy: a sanguine complexion.

Related Forms:

san′guine·ly
adv.

san′guine·ness san·guin′i·ty
n.

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