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eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing
- the Civil War remains America's most sanguine conflict
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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
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3
having or showing a mind free from doubt
- I'm reasonably sanguine about the adoption of the latest proposal
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The first known use of sanguine was in the 14th century
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