Definition of sanguine

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Sanguine (n.) Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth..

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Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) The peculiar physical and mental character of an individual, in olden times erroneously supposed to be due to individual variation in the relations and proportions of the constituent parts of the body, especially of the fluids, as the bile, blood, lymph, etc. Hence the phrases, bilious or choleric temperament, sanguine temperament, etc., implying a predominance of one of these fluids and a corresponding influence on the temperament..
Whiteness :: Whiteness (n.) Want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc..
Sanguine :: Sanguine (a.) Having the color of blood; red.
Exsanguine :: Exsanguine (a.) Bloodless.
Sanguine :: Sanguine (v. t.) To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.
Consanguineal :: Consanguineal (a.) Of the same blood; related by birth.
Consanguined :: Consanguined (a.) Of kin blood; related.
Bloodwort :: Bloodwort (n.) A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (Haemodoraceae), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing..
Sanguine :: Sanguine (a.) Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper..
Sanguine :: Sanguine (a.) Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success..
Consanguineous :: Consanguineous (a.) Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
Sanguineless :: Sanguineless (a.) Destitute of blood; pale.
Ensanguine :: Ensanguine (v. t.) To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; as, an ensanguined hue..
Sanguine :: Sanguine (n.) Bloodstone.
Bloodbird :: Bloodbird (n.) An Australian honeysucker (Myzomela sanguineolata); -- so called from the bright red color of the male bird.
Sanguinely :: Sanguinely (adv.) In a sanguine manner.
Sanguineous :: Sanguineous (a.) Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood.
Optimistic :: Optimistic (a.) Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view..
Sanguineness :: Sanguineness (n.) The quality of being sanguine.
Sanguine :: Sanguine (n.) Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1..
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