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Sanguine : adj
1: confidently optimistic and cheerful
2: inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with
outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund
cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion" [syn: rubicund,
ruddy]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Sanguine : \San"guine\, v. t.
To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to
ensanguine.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sanguine : \San"guine\, a. [F. sanguin, L. sanguineus, fr. sanguis
blood. Cf. Sanguineous.]
1. Having the color of blood; red.
Of his complexion he was sanguine. --Chaucer.
Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe.
--Milton.
2. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of
blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.
3. Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.
4. Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of
hope; as, sanguine of success.
Syn: Warm; ardent; lively; confident; hopeful.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sanguine : \San"guine\, n.
1. Blood color; red. --Spenser.
2. Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth. [Obs.]
In sanguine and in pes he clad was all. --Chaucer.
3. (Min.) Bloodstone.
4. Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Sanguine : Sanguine: 1) Having a ruddy (reddish) complexion. 2) Cheerful, hopeful, confident, and optimistic; impulsive.
The word "sanguine" from the Latin "sanguineus" for "blood" has long been used in English for things relating to the blood. A person who is ruddy in complexion is sanguine. His (or her) ruddy
countenance was once thought to be due to their having a predominance of one of the four humors -- blood.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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