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sanguine

adj
/ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English sanguine, from Old French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“of blood”), from sanguis (“blood”) (of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”), with an obscure suffix such as *-ǵʰ- (related to body parts)) + -inus + -eus. The obsolete medical sense is in reference to the humour (blood) which ancient Hippocratic and later Galenic medicine associated with cheerfulness, optimism, confidence, liveliness, and spiritedness. Doublet of sanguineous.

  1. derived from sanguineus — “of blood”
  2. derived from sanguin
  3. inherited from sanguine

Definitions

  1. Having the colour of blood

    Having the colour of blood; blood red.

  2. Having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other…

    Having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours, thought to be marked by irresponsible mirth; indulgent in pleasure to the exclusion of important matters.

    • What, what, ye sanguine, shallow-hearted boys!
    • I'll be no longer guilty of this sin; this sanguine coward, this bed-presser, this horse-back-breaker, this huge hill of flesh.

  3. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.

    • a sanguine bodily temperament
    • Eleonore Lemindre, aged 34, tailoress, of a sanguine lymphatic temperament, having suffered great depression of spirits, experienced, in the course of 1820, symptoms of what is called disease of the heart.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. Warm

      Warm; ardent.

      • a sanguine temper

    2. Anticipating the best

      Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope.

      • I'm sanguine about the eventual success of the project.
      • It was clear that Dr. Gwynne was not very sanguine as to the effects of his journey to Barchester, and not over anxious to interfere with the bishop.

    3. Full of blood

      Full of blood; bloody.

    4. Bloodthirsty.

    5. Blood colour

      Blood colour; red.

    6. Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth.

    7. A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey).

    8. Bloodstone.

    9. Red crayon.

    10. To stain with blood

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

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