Letter S

Sanguine

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1) Having a ruddy (reddish) complexion.

2) Cheerful, hopeful, confident, and optimistic; impulsive.</P> The word 'sanguine' from the Latin 'sanguineus' for 'blood' has long been used in English for things relating to the blood.

A person who is ruddy in complexion is sanguine.

His (or her) ruddy countenance was once thought to be due to their having a predominance of one of the four humors -- blood.

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