SANGUINE: "cheerfully optimistic"

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Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English sanguyne  a blood-red cloth < Old French sanguin  < Latin sanguineus  bloody, equivalent to sanguin-,  stem of sanguis  blood + -eus -eous

—Related forms

san·guine·ly, adverb

san·guin·i·ty, san·guin·ness, noun

non·san·guine, adjective

non·san·guine·ly, adverb

non·san·guine·ness, noun

o·ver·san·guine, adjective

o·ver·san·guine·ly, adverb

o·ver·san·guine·ness, noun

pre·san·guine, adjective

qua·si-san·guine, adjective

qua·si-san·guine·ly, adverb

su·per·san·guine, adjective

su·per·san·guin·i·ty, noun

un·san·guine, adjective

un·san·guine·ly, adverb

—Can be confused:  sanguinary, sanguine .

—Synonyms
1.  enthusiastic, buoyant, animated, lively, spirited.

—Antonyms
1.  morose.


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–adjective

1.

cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.

2.

reddish; ruddy: a sanguine complexion.

3.

(in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.

4.

bloody; sanguinary.

5.

blood-red; red.

6.

Heraldry . a reddish-purple tincture.