SANGUINING

Verb

sanguining

present participle of sanguine

Source: Wiktionary


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.

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.)

Definition: Bloodstone.

4. Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.

San"guine, v. t.

Definition: To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.

San"guine, adv.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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