Entry Word: sanguine

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing <the Civil War remains the nationʼs most sanguine conflict> — see bloodthirsty
2 having a healthy reddish skin tone <a baby with a sanguine complexion is more likely to leave the hospital early than a sickly-looking one> — see ruddy
3 having or showing a mind free from doubt <I'm reasonably sanguine about the adoption of the latest proposal> — see certain 2