Sanguine
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....from the Latin word sanguis, which means "blood." But just how did blood beget optimism?
...During the Middle Ages, health and temperament were believed to be governed by the balance of different liquids, or humors, in one's body...
....But those lucky people who were governed by blood were strong, confident, and ruddy (all that blood, you know) – in a word, sanguine.
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...During the Middle Ages, health and temperament were believed to be governed by the balance of different liquids, or humors, in one's body...
....But those lucky people who were governed by blood were strong, confident, and ruddy (all that blood, you know) – in a word, sanguine.
How a Word For 'Blood' Came to Mean 'Optimistic'
The Odd History of 'Sanguine'
www.merriam-webster.com
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