Sanguine

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Blood color; red. Spenser.

2. Anything of a blood-red, as cloth. [Obs.] In sanguine and in pes he clad was all. Chaucer.

3. Bloodstone.

4. Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon, 1.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Having the color of blood; red. Of his complexion he was sanguine. Chaucer. Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe. Milton.

2. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament.

3. Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper.

4. Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success.

Synonyms: Warm; ardent; lively; confident; hopeful.

Part of speech: adverb (adv.)

In a sanguine manner. I can not speculate quite so sanguinely as he does. Burke.