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san´guine|ness — san|guine «SANG gwihn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. naturally cheerful and hopeful: »a sanguine disposition. The invincible hopefulness of his sanguine temperament had now got Mr. Britling well out of the pessimistic pit again (H. G. Wells).… … Useful english dictionary
san´guine|ly — san|guine «SANG gwihn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. naturally cheerful and hopeful: »a sanguine disposition. The invincible hopefulness of his sanguine temperament had now got Mr. Britling well out of the pessimistic pit again (H. G. Wells).… … Useful english dictionary
san|guine — «SANG gwihn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. naturally cheerful and hopeful: »a sanguine disposition. The invincible hopefulness of his sanguine temperament had now got Mr. Britling well out of the pessimistic pit again (H. G. Wells). SYNONYM(S):… … Useful english dictionary
con|san|guine — «kon SANG gwihn», adjective. = consanguineous: (Cf. ↑consanguineous) »a consanguine family like that of the Zuni (Ogburn and Nimkoff) … Useful english dictionary
en|san|guine — «ehn SANG gwihn», transitive verb, guined, guin|ing. to stain with blood: »The pirate waved an ensanguined sword … Useful english dictionary
san·guine — … Useful english dictionary
san — al·e·san; anal·y·san·dum; ar·ti·san; ar·ti·san·al; ar·ti·san·ship; cap·san·thin; cas·san·dra; cas·san·dran; chi·to·san; chry·san·the·min; chry·san·the·mum; chry·san·the·mum·ic; con·san·guine; con·san·guin·eal; con·san·guin·ean; con·san·guin·eous; … English syllables
guine — an·guine; con·san·guine; ex·san·guine; san·guine·ly; san·guine·ness; be·guine; san·guine; … English syllables
sanguine — san•guine [[t]ˈsæŋ gwɪn[/t]] adj. 1) cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: sanguine about the future[/ex] 2) reddish; ruddy: a sanguine complexion[/ex] 3) phl (in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently… … From formal English to slang
sanguine — san|guine [ˈsæŋgwın] adj formal [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: sanguin, from Latin sanguineus, from sanguis blood ] happy and hopeful about the future = ↑optimistic sanguine about ▪ Other economists are more sanguine about the possibility of … Dictionary of contemporary English
