sanguine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a blood-red color
  2. adjective satellite confidently optimistic and cheerful
  3. adjective satellite inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
    florid; rubicund; ruddy.
    • a ruddy complexion
    • Santa's rubicund cheeks
    • a fresh and sanguine complexion

WordNet

San"guine adjective
Etymology
F. sanguin, L. sanguineus, fr. sanguis blood. Cf. Sanguineous.
Definitions
  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 noun
Definitions
  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.) Bloodstone.
  4. Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.
San"guine transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.
San"guine adverb
Definitions
  1. In a sanguine manner.
    I can not speculate quite so sanguinely as he does. Burke.

Webster 1913