单词 | sanguineness |
释义 | sanguinenessn. The quality of being sanguine. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion > humours > specific humours phlegmc1250 moisturea1387 melancholyc1390 cholera1393 black humoura1398 choleraa1398 melancholiaa1398 coldness1398 sanguineness1530 atrabile1594 combust choler1607 primary humour1621 black bile1634 cambium1634 yellow bile1634 kapha1937 pitta1937 dosha1959 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 265/1 Sanguynesse, sanguinevr. 1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling vi. 100 Whether the Sanguineness of their temper make them lustful, or the Melancholy revengeful. 1727 M. Earbery tr. T. Burnet Of State of Dead 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. 2. Hopefulness, confidence of success. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [noun] > state of hopefulness1628 sanguinity1736 sanguineness1832 sanguinism1897 1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher III. viii. 164 The sanguineness of my temper kept me in a constant expectation of my friend's return. 1891 E. Kinglake Austral. at Home 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530 |
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