SANGUINEOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (sang-GWIN-ee-uhs)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to blood.
2. Of the color of blood.
3. Involving bloodshed.
4. Confident or optimistic.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin sanguis (blood), which also gave us sanguine, sanguinary, sanguinolency, pur sang, consanguineous, consanguinity, and sang-froid. Earliest documented use: 1520.
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SAN QUINEOUS - like a high-security prison in California

SANGUINEOLUS - like a tiny dollop of blood

SAN GUINNEOUS - like the well-known sainted Book of World Records