sanguine

Definition

Optimistic and confident, especially in difficult situations; cheerfully hopeful about future outcomes. Can also mean having a healthy reddish complexion.

Etymology

From Latin 'sanguineus' meaning 'of blood,' from 'sanguis' (blood). In medieval medicine, a sanguine temperament was associated with having an abundance of blood, which supposedly made people cheerful, confident, and ruddy-complexioned.

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