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sanguine
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[ˈsaŋɡwɪn], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation
(e.g: he is sanguine about prospects for the global economy)
- blood-red
- bloody or bloodthirsty
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French sanguin(e) ‘blood red’, from Latin sanguineus ‘of blood’, from sanguis, sanguin- ‘blood’
[ˈsaŋɡwɪn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a blood-red colour
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French sanguin(e) ‘blood red’, from Latin sanguineus ‘of blood’, from sanguis, sanguin- ‘blood’
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