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sanguineness|ˈsæŋgwɪnnɪs|
[f. sanguine a. + -ness.]
The quality of being sanguine. †a. Of ‘complexion’ (see sanguine a.). Obs. b. Hopefulness, confidence of success.
1530Palsgr. 265/1 Sanguynesse, sanguinevr. 1659Gentl. Calling (1696) 94 Whether the Sanguineness of their Temper make them lustful, or the melancholy revengeful. 1727Earbery tr. Burnet's St. Dead (1728) I. 3 To give a wicked Man a little View of that World he must enter into, divested of Flesh and Blood, may make him drop some of his Arguments supported only by the Sanguineness of his Constitution. 1832L. Hunt Sir R. Esher (1850) 417 The sanguineness of my temper kept me in a constant expectation of my friends return. 1891E. Kinglake Australian at H. 13 A boy of eighteen or twenty has, as a general rule, a healthy fund of sanguineness with which to start on life's journey. |