All 7 Uses of
sanguine
in
David Copperfield
- Mr. Micawber may have concealed his difficulties from me in the first instance, but his sanguine temper may have led him to expect that he would overcome them.†
Chpt 10-12 *
- Walking along the street, reflecting upon the probability of something turning up (of which I am at present rather sanguine), I find a young but valued friend turn up, who is connected with the most eventful period of my life; I may say, with the turning-point of my existence.†
Chpt 16-18
- We might have been a party of Ogres, the conversation assumed such a sanguine complexion.†
Chpt 25-27
- Miss Mills accepted this trust, too; but was not sanguine.†
Chpt 37-39
- Being assisted by a gentleman who not long ago aspired to the favour of your hand, I am sanguine as to that.'†
Chpt 49-51
- Shall I ever forget how, in a moment, he was the most sanguine of men, looking on to fortune; or how Mrs. Micawber presently discoursed about the habits of the kangaroo!†
Chpt 52-54
- Your old knowledge of me, my dear Mr. Copperfield, will have told you that I have not the sanguine disposition of Mr. Micawber.†
Chpt 55-57
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.