/
ˈsaŋgwɪn/
adj.
    - cheerfully optimistic.
 - (in medieval medicine) having a predominance of blood among the bodily humours, supposedly marked by a ruddy complexion and an optimistic disposition. 
▸archaic (of the complexion) ruddy.
 - archaic bloody or bloodthirsty.
 - literary & Heraldry  blood-red.
 
n.
 Heraldry  a blood-red colour.
Derivative
- sanguinely adv.
  - sanguineness n.
 
Etymology
ME: from OFr. sanguin(e) ‘blood red’, from L. sanguineus ‘of blood’, from sanguis, sanguin- ‘blood’.