Sanguine

Definitions: Sanguine

Sanguine

Adjective

1. Confidently optimistic and cheerful.

2. Inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion".

Date "sanguine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Sanguine [murrey ]. One of the nine colours used by foreign heralds in escutcheons. It is expressed by lines of vert and purpure crossed, that is, diagonals from right to left crossing diagonals from left to right. (See Tenne .) Tenné and Sanguine are not used by English heralds. (See Heralds.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Sanguine is the temperament of blood - one of the four humours
Sanguine is a tincture in heraldry.

See also: choleric, phlegmatic, melancholic.

Synonyms: Sanguine

Synonyms: rubicund (adj), ruddy (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Belief	Noun: belief; credence; credit; assurance; faith, trust, troth, confidence, presumption, sanguine expectation; (hope); dependence on, reliance on.
Expectation	Suspense, waiting, abeyance; curiosity; anxious expectation, ardent expectation, eager expectation, breathless expectation, sanguine expectation; torment of Tantalus.
Hope	Noun: hope, hopes; desire; fervent hope, sanguine expectation, trust, confidence, reliance; faith; (belief); affiance, assurance; secureness, security; reassurance.
	Adjective: hoping; Verb: in hopes; Noun: hopeful, confident; secure; (certain); sanguine, in good heart, buoyed up, buoyant, elated, flushed, exultant, enthusiastic; heartsome; utopian.
Imagination	Warm imagination, heated imagination, excited imagination, sanguine imagination, ardent imagination, fiery imagination, boiling imagination, wild imagination, bold imagination, daring imagination, playful imagination, lively imagination, fertile imagination, fancy.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Sanguine

English words defined with "sanguine": Guze ♦ rubicund, ruddy ♦ Sanguinaceous, Sanguinely, sanguineness, sanguinity. (references)

Specialty definitions using "sanguine": Castle Builder ♦ Horseshoe ♦ Manuscript ♦ Ropes, ROSY GILLS ♦ Spools ♦ Vineyard. (references)

Etymologies containing "sanguine": sanguineous. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Sanguine" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (redness, rubicundity, ruddiness, sanguine, thoroughbreds), Latin (blood, family).

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Sanguine (1992)
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Domain	Title
Books	Actualit�es transfusionnells : compte rendu du IXe Congráes national de transfusion sanguine, Nancy, 30-31 mai, 1er-2 juin 1973 (reference) Drawing With Crayons, Pastels, Sanguine, and Chalks (The Complete Course on Painting and Drawing) (reference) Fractions sanguines humaines h�emostatiques et fibrinolytiques; huitiáeme Cours europ�een de transfusion sanguine, Bruxelles, septembre 1972 (reference) Hbs Antigen Subtypes: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Hbs Antigen Subtypes, Held at the Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine (reference) Le sang et le droit : essai sur la transfusion sanguine (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Elgar: The Sanguine Fan (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[A sanguine encounter].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Author	Quotation
Branwell Bronte	I shall never be able to realise the too sanguine hopes of my friends, for at twenty-eight I am a thoroughly old man - mentally and bodily. Far moreso, indeed, than I am willing to express.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	I cannot be so sanguine as Mr. Weston.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	Our population advances with a celerity which, exceeding the most sanguine calculations, proportionally augments our strength and resources, and guarantees our future security.
John Quincy Adams	1825-1829	The condition and prospects of the revenue are more favorable than our most sanguine expectations had anticipated.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	Among the happiest effects of the improved relations of our Republic has been an increase of trade, producing a corresponding increase of revenue beyond the most sanguine anticipations of the Treasury Department.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Sanguine" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 67.27% of the time. "Sanguine" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	67.27%	37	56,631
Lexical Verb (base form)	32.73%	18	82,615
Total	100.00%	55	N/A

Expressions using "sanguine": sanguine expectation ♦ sanguine imagination ♦ sanguine person ♦ sanguine temperament. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "sanguine": over-sanguine.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "sanguine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		optimist (debonair, hopeful, optimist, optimistic), i përgjakshëm (bloody, sanguinary), faqekuq (roses, ruddy). (various references)

Arabic		‏كله امل, ‏متفائل (bullish, hopeful, in expectancy, optimistic, pollyanna, rose colored, rose coloured, rosy, sanguineous, sunny, upbeat), ‏مشجع (emboldening, encouraging, fan, heartening, hopeful, propitious, supporter), ‏القلم الدموي, ‏أحمر قان, ‏دموي المزاج, ‏دموي (bloody, hematic, sanguineous). (various references)

Bulgarian		сангвистичен, румен (high-colored, high-coloured, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy), рисунка с червен тебешир, рисунка с червен молив, кървавочервен цвят, кървавочервен (incarnadine, purple, sanguineous), оптимистичен (elastic, optimistic, optimistical, rosy, sunny, upbeat), жизнерадостен (cheery, debonair, elastic, genial, high-spirited, jaunty), пълнокръвен (full-blooded, plethoric, sanguineous). (various references)

Czech		optimistický (buoyant, optimistic, sunny). (various references)

Farsi		قرمز (Bloodshot, Bloody, Ponceau, Red, Vermilion), سرخ (Red, Rosy), خونی (Bloody, Gory, Sanguinary), دموی (Sanguinary), برنگ خون (Bloody, Crimson). (various references)

Finnish		vilkasverinen (lively). (various references)

French		sanguine, sanguin (sanguineous), plein d'espoir, optimiste (sanguineous), encourageant. (various references)

German		sanguinisch, optimistisch (optimistic, optimistical, optimistically, sanguinely, upbeat), heiter (alacritous, amusing, blithe, bright, brightly, buoyant, buoyantly, carefree, cheerful, cheerfully, cheery, clear, fair, fine, funny, gay, gayly, genially, glad, happily, happy, humorous, humorously, jocund, jovial, jovially, lighthearted, mellow, merry, mirthful, mirthfully, serene, sunny, tranquil, untroubled). (various references)

Greek		εύελπισ (army cadet, hopeful, promising), ενθουσιώδησ (enthusiastic, jubilant, zealous), αισιόδοξοσ (optimist, optimistic, sanguineous), αιματώδησ (bloody). (various references)

Hebrew		מלא תקו�" (hopeful), א�"מו� י (ruddy). (various references)

Hungarian		bizakodó (assured of the future, confident, hopeful, trusting), vérvörös, vérmes (apoplectic, full-blooded, plethoric, sanguineous), szangvinikus, optimista (optimist, optimistic), derűlátó. (various references)

Italian		sanguigno (bad tempered, blood, blood red, haematoid, red-faced, sanguineous), rubicondo (rubicund, ruddy), ottimistico (optimistic). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		多血質 (hot-tempered). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たけつしつ (hot-tempered). (various references)

Manx		jiarg (abandoned, bloodshot, burning, fair, fair intensive, florid, glowing, gules, live, red, rouge, ruddy, stark, turned, turned as land). (various references)

Pig Latin		anguinesay.(various references)

Portuguese		sanguinário (bloodthirsty, bloody, mure, sanguinary, slaughterous, tigerish, tigrish), sanguina, sanguíneo (bloody, haematoid, sanguineous), sanguínea, rubicundo (rubicund), de um vermelho intenso, de sangue, cor de sangue. (various references)

Romanian		sanguin (blood-colored, blood-coloured, full-blooded, sanguineous), rumen (florid, paunch, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, vermillion), roşu la faţã (blowzy, sanguinary), optimist (bright, buoyant, elastic, hopeful, optimist, optimistic, resilient), însângerat (bleeding, bloody, ensanguined, gory). (various references)

Russian		сангвинический, румяный (florid, high-colored, high-coloured, rosy, rubicund, ruddy), оптимистический (feelgood, optimistic). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		sangviničan, punokrvan (full-blooded, plethoric, sanguineous, true-bred). (various references)

Spanish		sanguíneo (haematoid, sanguineous). (various references)

Swedish		sangvinisk. (various references)

Turkish		umutlu (buoyed up, expectant, hopeful), kanlı canlı (full of health, red blooded, ruddy), kanlı (blooded, bloodshot, bloody, gory, sanguinary), kan rengi, iyimser (hopeful, optimist, optimistic, pollyanna, roseate), ümitli (expectant, hopeful, hoping, up). (various references)

Ukranian		сангвінічний, сангвіна, рум'яний (auroral, blushful, high-colored, high-coloured, red, red-faced, rosy, rubicund, ruddy), оптвмістичний, малюнок сангвіною. (various references)

Vietnamese		tin tưởng đỏ, lạc quan (optimist, roseate, rose-coloured), bút chì nâu gạch bức vẽ bằng chì nâu gạch, đầy hy vọng (sanguineous), đẫm máu (sanguinary). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	sanguinarius. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 9, Verse 4
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Plhn kreaV en aimati yuchV ou fagesqe
Latin	405	Vulgate	Excepto quod carnem cum sanguine non comedetis
Old English	990	West Saxon	"Butan ðam anum ðæt ge flæsc mid blode ne eton.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Out takun that flehs with blood ye shulen not ete,
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Only the flesh with his life which is his bloud se that ye eate not.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	But flesh with the life of it, which is its blood, shall ye not eat.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Genesis Chapter 9, Verse 4
Bulgarian	Месо обаче с живота му, тоест , с кръвта му, да не ядете.
Cebuano	Apan ang unod uban ang kinabuhi niini, nga mao ang dugo, dili ninyo pagkan-on.
Chinese	惟獨肉帶著血、那就是他的 �"� 命、 � 們不可喫。
Croatian	Samo ne smijete jesti mesa u kojem je još duša, to jest njegova krv.
Danish	Dog Kød med Sjælen, det er Blodet, må I ikke spise!
Dutch	Doch het vlees met zijn ziel, dat is zijn bloed, zult gij niet eten.
Finnish	Älkää vain syökö lihaa, jossa sen sielu, sen veri, vielä on.
French	Seulement, vous ne mangerez point de chair avec son âme, avec son sang.
German	Allein eßt das Fleisch nicht, das noch lebt in seinem Blut.
Haitian Creole	Tansèlman, se pa pou n' manje vyann ak tout san ladan l', paske san yon bèt se nanm li.
Hungarian	Csak a húst az õt elevenítõ vérrel meg ne egyétek.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Satu-satunya yang tidak boleh kamu makan ialah daging yang masih ada darahnya, sebab nyawa itu ada di dalam darah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tetapi daging dengan jiwanya, yaitu dengan darahnya, janganlah kamu makan dia.
Italian	Soltanto non mangerete la carne con la sua vita, cioè il suo sangue.
Korean	그 러 나 � 기 를 그 생 명 되 �" �"� 채 먹 지 말 것 이 니 라
Maori	Otiia kaua e kainga e koutou te kikokiko me tona ora, ara ko ona toto.
Modern Greek	κρεας ομως με την ζωην αυτου, με το αιμα αυτου, δεν θελετε φαγει·
Norwegian	Men kjøtt med dets sjel i, det er dets blod, skal I ikke ete.
Portuguese	A carne, porém, com sua vida, isto é, com seu sangue, não comereis.
Rumanian	Numai carne cu viaya ei, adicq skngele ei, sq nu mkncayi.
Russian	ФПМШЛП � МПФЙ У �"ХЫЕА ЕЕ, У ЛТПЧША ЕЕ, ОЕ ЕЫШФЕ;
Spanish	Pero no comeréis carne con su vida, es decir, su sangre.
Swedish	Kött som har i sig sin själ, det är sitt blod, skolen I dock icke äta.
Thai	แต่เนื้อกับชีวิตของมัน คือเลือ�"ของมัน พวกเจ้าอย่ากินเลย
Ukrainian	Тільки м'яса з душею його, цебто з кров'ю його, не будете ви споживати.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "sanguine": sanguinely, sanguineness, sanguinenesses, sanguineous, sanguines. (additional references)
	Words ending with "sanguine": consanguine, ensanguine, oversanguine. (additional references)
	Words containing "sanguine": consanguineous, consanguineously, ensanguined, ensanguines. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Sanguine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Angaine, Asangono, saguine, Sahnouni, Sangai, Sangemini, sanggine, sangguine, Sanghines, sangine, sangiune, sangrin, sangue, sanguin, sanguina, sanguinea, sanguined, sanguines, sanguineum, sanguire, Sangwin, sanquine, Signorine. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "sanguine" (pronounced sa"nggwi'n)
3	-w i' n	sequin.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: guanines.
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-n-n-s-u"
	-1 letter: anguine, ensuing, guanine, guanins, guineas, gunnies.
	-2 letters: easing, ennuis, ensign, genius, guanin, guinea, inanes, insane, saning, sienna.
	-3 letters: aegis, agues, anise, ennui, gains, genua, genus, guans, guise, inane, negus, nines, segni, sengi, senna, singe, suing, sunna, unais, usage, using, usnea.
	-4 letters: ages, agin, ague, ains, anes, anis, anus, egis, engs, gaen, gaes, gain, gane, gaun, gens, genu, gien, gies, gins, gnus, guan, guns, inns, nags, nans, nine, nuns, sage, sain, sane, sang, sign, sine, sing, snag, snug, sung, sunn, unai.
	-5 letters: age, ain, ais, ane, ani, eau, eng, ens, gae, gan, gas, gen, gie, gin, gnu, gun, inn, ins, nae, nag, nan, nun, nus, sae, sag, sau, sea, seg, sei, sen, sin, sue, sun, uns, use.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-n-n-s-u"
	+1 letter: guanosine, sanguines, unceasing, unsealing, unseaming, unseating.
	+2 letters: ensanguine, guanidines, guanosines, nauseating, sanguinely, sauntering, subpenaing, unassigned, unleashing, unpleasing, unspeaking, unswearing.
	+3 letters: amusingness, anilinguses, baserunning, consanguine, encapsuling, ensanguined, ensanguines, gainfulness, langoustine, languidness, naughtiness, sanguineous, squandering, subpoenaing, unceasingly, undiagnosed, unfastening, ungainliest, ungarnished, unreasoning, unsheathing, unsteadying.
	+4 letters: baserunnings, concubinages, ensanguining, exsanguinate, langoustines, languishment, menstruating, nauseatingly, neutralising, oversanguine, repugnancies, sanguineness, sanguinities, sensualizing, uncoalescing, understating, undertakings, undesignated, ungainliness, unharnessing, unhesitating.
	+5 letters: agglutinogens, amusingnesses, augmentations, conglutinates, encapsulating, exsanguinated, exsanguinates, gainfulnesses, guanethidines, hallucinogens, heartburnings, housecleaning, housetraining, languidnesses, languishments, naughtinesses, nongregarious, subgeneration, undercoatings, understaffing, understanding, undiagnosable, unreasoningly.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 61 6E 67 75 69 6E 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

... .- -. --. ..- .. -. .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100001 01101110 01100111 01110101 01101001 01101110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#97 &#110 &#103 &#117 &#105 &#110 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0061 006E 0067 0075 0069 006E 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
sanguine	55
sanguine personality	14
circulation sanguine	7
pathologie sanguine	6
choleric melancholy phlegmatic sanguine	6
ltd sanguine	5
sanguine corp	3
sanguine wild	3
sanguine temperament	3
formule sanguine	3
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Sanguine

Definitions: Sanguine

Sanguine

Adjective

Specialty Definitions: Sanguine

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Specialty Definition: Sanguine

Synonyms: Sanguine

Synonyms within Context: Sanguine

Belief

Expectation

Hope

Imagination

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Branwell Bronte

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