词汇 | sanguine |
词源 | sanguine. This word’s actual meaning is “bloody,” or the color of blood, from the Latin sanguis, blood, but it came to be applied to any ruddy-cheeked person, whose cheeks were red with good health. By extension it finally took on the meaning of someone vital, full of life, confident, and hopeful. |
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