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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sanguine /ˈsaŋgwɪn/
▶adjective
- 1 cheerfully optimistic.
- 2 (in medieval medicine) having a predominance of blood among the bodily humours, supposedly marked by a ruddy complexion and an optimistic disposition.
■ archaic (of the complexion) ruddy.
- 3 archaic bloody or bloodthirsty.
- 4 literary & Heraldry blood-red.
– derivatives
sanguinely adverb,
sanguineness noun.
sanguinely adverb,
sanguineness noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. sanguin(e) ‘blood red’, from L. sanguineus ‘of blood’, from sanguis, sanguin- ‘blood’.
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