Sanguine

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Blood color; red.

II. Sanguine ·adj Having the color of blood; red.

III. Sanguine ·noun Bloodstone.

IV. Sanguine ·adj Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.

V. Sanguine ·noun Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth.

VI. Sanguine ·noun Red crayon. ·see the Note under Crayon, 1.

VII. Sanguine ·adj Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success.

VIII. Sanguine ·vt To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to Ensanguine.

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