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Adjective: sanguine  sang-gwin
  1. Confidently optimistic and cheerful
    - sanguineous
     
  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
     
  2. Chalk of a reddish-brown colour that resembles dried blood
    - red chalk

Derived forms: sanguines

See also: healthy, optimistic

Type of: drawing chalk, red, redness

Encyclopedia: Sanguine