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Definition of Sanguine
1. Adjective. Confidently optimistic and cheerful.
2. Noun. A blood-red color.
3. Adjective. Inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life. "A fresh and sanguine complexion"
Definition of Sanguine
1. a. Having the color of blood; red.
2. n. Blood color; red.
3. v. t. To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.
Definition of Sanguine
1. Adjective. Having the colour of blood; red. ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete physiology) 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. ¹
3. Adjective. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood. ¹
4. Adjective. Warm; ardent. ¹
5. Adjective. Anticipating the best; optimistic; not despondent; confident; full of hope. ¹
6. Noun. Blood colour; red. ¹
7. Noun. Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth. ¹
8. Noun. Bloodstone. ¹
9. Noun. Red crayon. See the Note under crayon, 1. ¹
10. Verb. To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sanguine
1. a red color [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sanguine
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1. Having the colour of blood; red. "Of his complexion he was sanguine." (Chaucer) "Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe." (Milton)
2. Characterised by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.
3. Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.
4. Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success.
Synonym: Warm, ardent, lively, confident, hopeful.
Origin: F. Sanguin, L. Sanguineus, fr. Sanguis blood. Cf. Sanguineous.
To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.
1. Blood colour; red.
2. Anything of a blood-red, as cloth. "In sanguine and in pes he clad was all." (Chaucer)
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