Sanguine

Sanguine

(1):

(n.) Blood color; red.

(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):

(a.) Having the color of blood; red.

(6):

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

(7):

(n.) Bloodstone.

(8):

(n.) Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.

(9):

(v. t.) To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.