sanguineous

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The Word of the Day for October 28 is:=20

sanguineous   \san-GWIN-ee-us\   adjective
          1 : bloodred=20
    *2 : of, relating to, or involving bloodshed : bloodthirsty=20
     3 : of, relating to, or containing blood=20

Example sentence:
          The horror movie is a sanguineous remake of an old classic.

Did you know?
          "Sanguineous" isn=E2=80=99t the only English adjective to come=
 from "sanguis," the Latin word for "blood." "Sanguine,=E2=80=9D for one=
, has been with us since the 14th century. Nowadays, it usually means =E2=
=80=9Cconfident=E2=80=9D or "optimistic," but it can also mean "ruddy." =
(The "optimistic" sense stems from the medieval belief that a healthy re=
d complexion denoted a courageous and hopeful temperament.) "Sanguineous=
" first appeared in the 16th century as a synonym of the =E2=80=9Cruddy=E2=
=80=9D sense of "sanguine," but now it's more often used in medical or s=
cientific references to blood. It shares another sense -- =E2=80=9Cblood=
thirsty=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Cinvolving bloodshed=E2=80=9D -- with =E2=80=
=9Csanguinary,=E2=80=9D yet another =E2=80=9Csanguis=E2=80=9D descendant=
.=E2=80=9D





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