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Home » Love for Words » Love for Words — sanguine

Love for Words — sanguine

September 8, 2015

___ Sanguine means “blood red;” another definition is “cheerful,” especially in discouraging situations.

Pronounced [SANG-gwin], this word derives from the Latin word sanguineus that means “of blood” or “bloodthirsty.”

Per practices of old physiology, ’twas believed that predominating bodily fluids, or “humors,” affected human characteristics. Those who had red or flushed complexions were of the blood humor, named “sanguine.” Their characteristics included being sociable, warmhearted and optimistic.

Today “sanguine” is not a medical term, yet it still echoes back to the word origin “of blood.” A person who is cheerful tends to be rosy-cheeked. They look that way because blood physically rushes to their cheeks. Yet emotionally, they may be flush with happiness.

Definitions via Oxford Dictionaries.com include
1. Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation
1.1 (In medieval science and medicine) of or having the constitution associated with the predominance of blood among the bodily humors, supposedly marked by a ruddy complexion and an optimistic disposition.
2. Blood-red
3. [archaic] Bloody or bloodthirsty

Usage examples
● Meredith painted her subject’s lips a sanguine red.
● The committee members joined with sanguine expectations to raise funds to keep the library open.
● Grandpa Joe entered the annual family gathering jolly, sanguine, and poised to divert all underlying tensions.

What would be your favorite use of sanguine?

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