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Sanguine

PRONUNCIATION: (SANG-gwehn)) http://wordsmith.org/words/sanguine.mp3 MEANING: (adjective), Ruddy, cheerful, hopeful, confident, or optimistic. ETYMOLOGY: “Sanguine” describes one of the temperaments that ancient and medieval scholars believed was caused by an abundance of one of the four humors. The word “sanguine” derives from … Continue reading

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