Category:Sanguine

San"guine, a. Etym: [f. sanguin, l. sanguineus, fr. sanguis blood. Cf. Sanguineous.]

1. Having the color of blood; red. Of his complexion he was sanguine. Chaucer. Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe. Milton.

2. Characterized 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.

Syn. -- warm; ardent; lively; confident; hopeful.

Sanguine San"guine, n.

1. Blood color; red. Spenser.

2. Anything of a blood-red, as cloth. [obs.] In sanguine and in pes he clad was all. Chaucer.

3. (min.)

Defn: bloodstone.

4. Red crayon. See the note under crayon, 1.

Sanguine San"guine, v. t.

Defn: to stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to Ensanguine.

Sanguine San"guine, adv.

Defn: in a sanguine manner. I can not speculate quite so sanguinely as he does. Burke.