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View synonyms for sanguineous
sanguineous
[ sang-gwin-ee-uhs ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or containing blood.
- of the color of blood.
- involving much bloodshed.
- sanguine; confident.
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Derived Forms
- sanˈguineousness, noun
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Other Words From
- san·guine·ous·ness noun
- unsan·guine·ous adjective
- unsan·guine·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sanguineous1
First recorded in 1510–20, sanguineous is from the Latin word sanguineus bloody. See sanguine
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Example Sentences
The phagocytes are numerous in the sanguineous fluid, but are still six hundred and fifty times less so than the red corpuscles.
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But punctilli are infections commonly sanguineous, as if they had arisen from a fleabite, only they remain continually.
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M. Stanislas Kapp was the son of and heir of a rich brewer of Strasbourg, a youth of a sanguineous—and sanguinary—temperament.
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They are no longer Minnesingers, but warriors of sanguineous complexion.
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In his account of the sanguineous and nervous systems, the errors seem more numerous.
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