Word Nerd Alert: Sanguine

Adjective

sanguine

1  : marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic

“a sanguine view/outlook”

2  : bloodred

“… the radiant heat from the cedar logs, whose sanguine colour made the silvered locks of his hair into a fantastic wreath of flames.”

3  : consisting of or relating to blood

“… some sanguine vessels are obstructed, and distended …”