sanguineous

[ sang-gwin-ee-uhs ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or containing blood.
2. of the color of blood.
3. involving much bloodshed.
4. sanguine; confident.

sanguineous

/ sæŋˈɡwɪnɪəs /

adjective

1. of, containing, relating to, or associated with blood
2. See sanguine
   a less common word for sanguine sanguine sanguine

Derived Forms

• sanˈguineousness, noun

Other Words From

• san·guine·ous·ness noun
• unsan·guine·ous adjective
• unsan·guine·ous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of sanguineous¹

First recorded in 1510–20, sanguineous is from the Latin word sanguineus bloody. See sanguine

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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