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oversanguine

adj
/əʊvəˈsaŋɡwɪn/UK

Etymology

From over- + sanguine.

  1. derived from sanguineus — “of blood”
  2. derived from sanguin
  3. inherited from sanguine
  4. prefixed as oversanguine — “over + sanguine”

Definitions

  1. Too sanguine

    Too sanguine; overconfident, too disposed to hopes of success.

    • So when the Elizabethan bishop, Edwin Sanders, claimed that ‘the gospel hath chased away walking spirits’, he was over-sanguine.
    • In that respect the popular clamor for "smashing" the rebels was based on sound if oversanguine instinct.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA