sanguine

Definitions


[ˈsaŋɡwɪn], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation
(e.g: he is sanguine about prospects for the global economy)

- blood-red

- bloody or bloodthirsty


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French sanguin(e) ‘blood red’, from Latin sanguineus ‘of blood’, from sanguis, sanguin- ‘blood’


[ˈsaŋɡwɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a blood-red colour


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French sanguin(e) ‘blood red’, from Latin sanguineus ‘of blood’, from sanguis, sanguin- ‘blood’




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