Sanguine definition
Cheerful and confident; optimistic; hopeful.
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Of a healthy reddish color; ruddy.
A sanguine complexion.
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Of the color of blood; red.
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Sanguine of success.
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Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
Sanguine about the prospects for an improved economy.
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At ease; accepting.
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Of the color of blood; ruddy.
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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.
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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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Having the temperament and ruddy complexion formerly thought to be characteristic of a person dominated by this humor; passionate.
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Of a healthy reddish color; ruddy.
A sanguine complexion.
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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.
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Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.
A sanguine bodily temperament.
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Having blood as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology.
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Of the color of blood; red.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
sanguine
Plural:
sanguinesOrigin 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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