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Feb 5, 2009
This week's themeWords from Darwin and Lincoln This week's words propinquity conduce interdict sanguine irascible Spread the word Send a gift subscription ![]() ![]() ![]() A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Gargsanguine
PRONUNCIATION:
(SANG-gwin)
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MEANING:
adjective:1. Cheerfully optimistic or confident. 2. Having a healthy reddish color. 3. Blood-red. ETYMOLOGY:
From Old French sanguin, from Latin sanguineus (bloody), from sanguis (blood).
USAGE:
"Still, let us not be over-sanguine of a speedy final triumph. Let us be
quite sober."Abraham Lincoln; Letter to James C. Conkling; Aug 26, 1863. See more usage examples of sanguine in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Each morning puts a man on trial and each evening passes judgment. -Roy L. Smith
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