SANGUINE

a. n. v. adv.

10 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Having the color of blood; red. Of his complexion he was sanguine. Chaucer. Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe. Milton.

2.
a.

Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.

3.
a.

Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.

4.
a.

Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success.

5.
n.

Blood color; red. Spenser.

6.
n.

Anything of a blood-red, as cloth. [Obs.] In sanguine and in pes he clad was all. Chaucer.

7.
n.

Bloodstone.

8.
n.

Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.

9.
v.

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

10.
adv.

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

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