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8. sanguine :



adjective :

1. Cheerfully optimistic or confident

2. Having a healthy reddish color

3. Blood-red



Usage :

  • Still, let us not be over-sanguine of a speedy final triumph. Let us be quite sober.(Abraham Lincoln : Letter to James C. Conkling : Aug 26 - 1863.)

  • a sanguine disposition

  • sanguine expectations

  • a sanguine complexion



    Related Forms :

    sanguinity & sanguinness : noun

    sanguinely : adverb



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