sanguineness

Meanings

• adjective

  The quality or state of being blood-colored or red, especially in a figurative or metaphorical sense.

  - "The sun set behind the mountains, casting a sanguine glow over the landscape."
  - "His face turned sanguine with anger."

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Variants

List of all variants of sanguineness that leads to same result
sanguine , sanguinely , sanguineness , sanguinenesses , sanguinities , sanguinity

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'sanguis' meaning 'blood'.

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Trivia

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1. The word sanguineness is not commonly used in everyday language.

2. In medieval literature, sanguineness was often used to describe the color of blood in battle scenes.

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Related Concepts

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1. blood: Sanguineness is derived from the word 'blood'. Both words belong to the same semantic field.

2. passion: Sanguineness is often associated with passion, both in a literal and figurative sense.

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Quotes

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1. He has been strangely "sanguine" about this, blandly ignoring the mounting evidence that dissident elements in the police are stirring trouble …

   - Allister Sparks,{it}Washington Post{/it},9–15 Mar. 1992

2. How could a man of his caliber be this "sanguine" about a war we had barely begun to fight? He gave me the McNamara look, eyes focusing boldly through rimless glasses. "Every quantitative measurement we have shows that we're winning this war," he said.

   - Neil Sheehan,{it}A Bright Shining Lie{/it},1988

3. He does not pretend to be "sanguine" about our prospects. History itself, he reminds us, provides few examples of cultures as debilitated as ours which were not destroyed by the very forces they set in motion.

   - Gertrude Himmelfarb,{it}The New History and the Old{/it},1987

4. Yet if there were "sanguine" expectations of war profits and unlimited booty from the Spanish empire, … those hopes were dramatically confounded …

   - Simon Schama,{it}The Embarrassment of Riches{/it},1988

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Culture

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In literature and art, sanguineness can symbolize passion, anger, or violence. It can also be used metaphorically to describe a situation or emotion that is intense or dramatic.

How to Memorize "sanguineness"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the color red to associate with the word sanguineness. Imagine a red sunset or a red rose.

2. associate
   

   - Associate sanguineness with the feeling of being passionate or angry.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Sanguine Sunset' to remember the meaning of sanguineness.

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