Sunday, June 17, 2012

Sanguine


The word Sanguine is an adjective with related yet different meanings.  The origin of the word is middle English from approximately 1325.  It describes: 
  • Someone who is cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident.  
  • Something that is a healthy reddish color or ruddy; like someones complexion
  • Bloody, blood-red or red
It is also a noun meaning a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings.

This word should not be confused with the word Sanguinary which means blood-thirsty.  We will save that one for another day.  Here are a few examples for how to use it in a sentence:

Her sanguine personality draws me in and makes me cheerful.

His complexion was sanguine after working out in the hot sun all day.

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Chocolate Love  by Emily Rose

In youth, there was hope.
When the footprints in the sand did not clear so easily with the tide.
If you built a sand-castle and promised forever,
The wind would kiss your cheeks and vow the same, taking your
Optimism to the
Sanguine, pink sky.

Thirty years later,
When people and promises are severed,
The wind returns.
What does it carry?
Sorrow, pity or joy—
At the hints of love realized in precious fleeting moments…
Like chocolate—so sweet,
That melts, too quickly, on your tongue.

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