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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024san•guine /ˈsæŋgwɪn/USA pronunciation adj. - cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident:a sanguine outlook on life.
- of a healthy red color;
ruddy:a sanguine complexion.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024san•guine (sang′gwin),USA pronunciation adj. - cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident:a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- reddish;
ruddy:a sanguine complexion. - Physiology(in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.
- bloody;
sanguinary. - blood-red;
red. - Heraldrya reddish-purple tincture.
n. - a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings.
- Latin sanguineus bloody, equivalent. to sanguin-, stem of sanguis blood + -eus -eous
- Old French sanguin
- Middle English sanguyne a blood-red cloth 1275–1325
san′guine•ly, adv. san•guin′i•ty, san′guin•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged enthusiastic, buoyant, animated, lively, spirited.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged morose.
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