sanguine
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Is sanguine a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (literary) Having the colour of blood; blood red.Synonyms: incarnadineliterary
2. (obsolete, physiology) Having a bodily constitution characterised by a preponderance of blood over the other bodily humours, thought to be marked by irresponsible mirth; indulgent in pleasure to the exclusion of important matters.Examples: "What, what, ye sanguine, shallow-hearted boys!"; "I'll be no longer guilty of this sin; this sanguine coward, this bed-presser, this horse-back-breaker, this huge hill of flesh."Synonyms: debaucherous, sybariticobsolete
3. (archaic) Full of blood; bloody.Synonyms: bloodied, gory, sanguinolentarchaic
4. (archaic) Bloodthirsty.Synonyms: bloodlusty, homicidal, murderousarchaic
noun (English)
1. (heraldry) A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey).countableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary