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sanguinity|sæŋˈgwɪnɪtɪ|
[f. sanguine a. + -ity.]
1.
†a. = Consanguinity. [So OF. sanguinité, med.L. sanguinitas.] Obs.
b. (see quot. 1897.)
c1470Harding Chron. lxiii. xi, Alle menne hym loued for his sanguynite [v.r. consanguynyte (he was the uncle of the empress Helena)]. 1741H. Walpole Let. to Mann 22 Oct., Some say that the duel would have been no breach of sanguinity. 1897Syd. Soc. Lex., Sanguinity..the quality of likeness or unlikeness between parents.
2. The quality of being sanguine. rare.
1737Swift Let. to Sheridan Wks. 1761 VIII. 278 But I distrust your sanguinity so much (by my own desponding temper) that [etc.]. 1822J. MacDonald Mem. J. Benson 291 Whatever severity might appear from time to time in Mr. Benson's manner..may be attributed to the sanguinity of his temper. 1979Time 8 Jan. 72/2 Nevertheless, Lasch, a history professor.., legitimately finds cracks of doom in our sanguinity. |