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.
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Etymology
Origin of sanguineous
First recorded in 1510–20, sanguineous is from the Latin word sanguineus bloody. See sanguine
Example Sentences
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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
Indeed those, who have been once attacked with the first, the sanguineous Apoplexies, should be still more exact, more upon their Guard, than the others.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
These parts he describes in detail, considering those belonging to sanguineous animals first and most fully.
From Fathers of Biology by McRae, Charles
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