/
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’.