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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread sanguine #182430 02/05/2009 4:39 PM Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1 Pennsylvania rkeefer stranger rkeefer stranger Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1 Pennsylvania Of course, the reason 'sanguine' means cheerful or optimistic goes back to Plato's humoral theory of personality. Plato believed our personalities are dominated by one of four 'humors' (i.e., bodily fluids); blood, black bile, yellow bile or phlegm. Those dominated by blood were cheerful and optimistic. Similarly, we still have the word 'phlegmatic' as a personality descriptor. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sanguine rkeefer #182432 02/05/2009 6:21 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 7 MN, USA Trident stranger Trident stranger Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 7 MN, USA And then there are people like JK Rowling who name the vampires "Sanguini" and give them a gloomy personality. :o) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sanguine Trident #182434 02/05/2009 7:19 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Welcome rkeefer and trident; hope you enjoy your stay. When I was a boy, the local TV station had an after-school special wherein the 'fright' show being broadcast was introduced by a charachter called "Dr. Sanguinary". He was anything but cheerful. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sanguine LukeJavan8 #182436 02/05/2009 8:03 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Sanguine is also a natural mineral (chalk) from which crayons are made. Leonardo da Vinci made beautiful sanguines. wiki sanguine drawing Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: sanguine BranShea #182457 02/06/2009 9:37 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: BranShea Sanguine is also a natural mineral (chalk) from which crayons are made. Leonardo da Vinci made beautiful sanguines. wiki sanguine drawing O, yes, I had forgotten that, but I remember the picture. Thanks. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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