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/ ˈsæŋ gwɪn / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
reddish; ruddy: a sanguine complexion.
(in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.
bloody; sanguinary.
blood-red; red.
Heraldry . a reddish-purple tincture.
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings.
Origin of sanguine 1275–1325; Middle English
sanguyne a blood-red cloth <Old French
sanguin <Latin
sanguineus bloody, equivalent to
sanguin-, stem of
sanguis blood +
-eus -eous
SYNONYMS FOR sanguine 1 enthusiastic, buoyant, animated, lively, spirited.
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OTHER WORDS FROM sanguine san·guine·ly, adverb san·guin·i·ty, san·guin·ness, noun non·san·guine, adjective non·san·guine·ly, adverb
non·san·guine·ness, noun o·ver·san·guine, adjective o·ver·san·guine·ly, adverb o·ver·san·guine·ness, noun pre·san·guine, adjective quasi-sanguine, adjective qua·si-san·guine·ly, adverb su·per·san·guine, adjective su·per·san·guin·i·ty, noun un·san·guine, adjective un·san·guine·ly, adverb
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sanguine sanguinary, sanguine Words nearby sanguine sanguiferous, sanguification, sanguinaria, sanguinarine, sanguinary, sanguine , sanguineous, sanguino-, sanguinolent, sanguinopurulent, sanguivorous
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British Dictionary definitions for sanguine adjective cheerful and confident; optimistic
(esp of the complexion) ruddy in appearance
blood-red
an obsolete word for sanguinary (def. 2)
noun Also called: red chalk a red pencil containing ferric oxide, used in drawing
Derived forms of sanguine sanguinely , adverb sanguineness or sanguinity , noun Word Origin for sanguine C14: from Latin sanguineus bloody, from sanguis blood
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Medical definitions for sanguine adj. Of a healthy, reddish color; ruddy.
Cheerfully confident; optimistic.
Having blood as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology.
Having the temperament and ruddy complexion that was formerly thought to be characteristic of a person dominated by this humor; passionate.
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