Sanguine definition
A sanguine complexion.
Sanguine of success.
Sanguine about the prospects for an improved economy.
An example of sanguine is rosy cheeks.
A sanguine complexion.
I'll be no longer guilty of this sin; this sanguine coward, this.
Bed-presser, this horse-back-breaker, this huge hill of flesh.
A sanguine bodily temperament.
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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
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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").
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