san´guine|ness

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).

SYNONYM(S): optimistic.
2. confident; hopeful: »

sanguine of success. I was not too sanguine of seeing an epic when I took my seat in the Garden on the night of the fight (New Yorker).

SYNONYM(S): optimistic.
3. having a healthy red color; ruddy: »

a sanguine complexion.

4. (in ancient and medieval physiology) having blood as the predominant humor, indicated by a ruddy complexion and a cheerful and ardent disposition.
5. = sanguinary. (Cf.sanguinary)
–n.
1. Heraldry. the blood-red color in coats of arms, in engravings represented by intersecting diagonal lines; murrey.
2. a) a crayon colored red with iron oxide. b) a drawing executed with red chalks.
[< Middle French sanguin, learned borrowing from Latin sanguineus < sanguīs, -inis blood]
san´guine|ly, adverb.
san´guine|ness, noun.

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  • 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

  • ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… …   English syllables

  • 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

  • sanguineness — san·guine·ness …   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

  • Sanguineness — San guine*ness, n. The quality of being sanguine. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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