Sekirov Dictionary

sanguine

/ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/

adjective7

  1. (literary) Having the colour of blood; blood red.
  2. Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope.
  3. Warm; ardent.
  4. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood.
  5. (no longer used) 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.
  6. (no longer used) Full of blood; bloody.
  7. (no longer used) Bloodthirsty.

noun5

  1. Blood colour; red.
  2. Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth.
  3. A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey).
  4. Red crayon.
  5. Bloodstone.

verb1

  1. To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.
forms

sanguined · sanguining · sanguines · more sanguine · most sanguine

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