The Only Use of
sanguine
in
1984, by Orwell
- His hair was very fair, his face naturally sanguine, his skin roughened by coarse soap and blunt razor blades and the cold of the winter that had just ended.†
p. 2.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(sanguine) confidently optimistic and cheerful
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Other meanings of sanguine relate to its root meaning of blood. Thus sanguine or rare derivatives like sanguinary or sanguineous can refer to the color red or to bloodshed.