sanguineous
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or containing blood.
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of the color of blood.
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involving much bloodshed.
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sanguine; confident.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of sanguineous
First recorded in 1510–20, sanguineous is from the Latin word sanguineus bloody. See sanguine
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Apples, as they say, must be not be compared to oranges, and certainly not blood oranges, which is perhaps the better analogy for this tart, tangy and juicily sanguineous offering.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2023
I had that luxury because, like everyone else this year, I didn’t have to fly to Utah for the Sundance Film Festival but attended this impressively sanguineous edition at home.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
Although the movie will have a different script, approach, director, cast and special effects, Langella wants to maintain his conception of the role of the sanguineous count.
From Time Magazine Archive
He described a sanguineous gout frequent in the springtime, especially among young people with acutely inflamed joints, the pain being most severe in the mornings and the urine red and dense.
From The Century of Columbus by James J. Walsh
This division led to a further classification; and temperaments, according to the predominance of these elements, were divided into the sanguineous, the bilious, the phlegmatic, and the melancholic.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
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