{"word":"sanguine","definition":"1. Having the color of blood; red. Of his complexion he was sanguine. Chaucer. Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe. Milton. 2. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament. 3. Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper. 4. Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success. Syn. -- Warm; ardent; lively; confident; hopeful.\n\n1. Blood color; red. Spenser. 2. Anything of a blood-red, as cloth. [Obs.] In sanguine and in pes he clad was all. Chaucer. 3. (Min.)  Bloodstone. 4. Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.\n\nTo stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.\n\nIn a sanguine manner. I can not speculate quite so sanguinely as he does. Burke."}