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Adjective: sanguine  sang-gwin
  1. Confidently optimistic and cheerful
     
  2. Inclined to a healthy reddish colour often associated with outdoor life
    "a fresh and sanguine complexion"
    - rubicund, ruddy, florid
Noun: sanguine  sang-gwin
  1. A blood-red colour

Derived forms: sanguines

See also: healthy, optimistic, sanguineness, sanguineous

Type of: red, redness

Encyclopedia: Sanguine

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