Word For The Day: sanguine

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[Louis Foxwell]

Word For The Day, Thursday, April 30, 2015--

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

sanguine [phonetic]

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adjective

Def:

1:  bloodred

2

a :  consisting of or relating to blood

b :  bloodthirsty, sanguinary

c of the complexion :  ruddy

3

:  having blood as the predominating bodily humor; also :  having the bodily conformation and temperament held characteristic of such predominance and marked by sturdiness, high color, and cheerfulness

4

:  confident, optimistic Origin:

Middle English sanguin, from Anglo-French, from Latin sanguineus, from sanguin-, sanguis (see sanguinary))

First Known Use: 14th century

Related forms:

Synonyms

bloody, bloody-minded, homicidal, murdering, murderous, sanguinary, bloodthirsty, sanguineous

Antonyms

ashen, ashy, doughy, livid, lurid, mealy, pale, paled, palish, pallid, pasty, peaked, peaky, sallow, sallowish, wan

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[xsmommy]

i LOLed in the car hearing this story and had to look it up to share with the class today.

[xsmommy]

i kind of discouraged my niece who is expecting in Oct from choosing an androgynous sounding name for the baby, saying it would permit the child to then CHOOSE his/her sex in the future and keep the same name!

[tioga]

Reminded me of the Rodham brother’s drunken brawl at some lake in PA. That was a doozy!

[xsmommy]

i don’t think alcohol was involved here! she was just furious that the ex-husband’s gf was in the apt, so she took them out and shook them at him! LMAO!

[Honorary Serb]

The place in Montgomery County where I lived was full of young up-and-comers back then. Now it’s a magnet for crime!!!!

And the Lutheran church (ELCA) that I used to attend was so new that it had to meet in a school. Now it has its own building, but it’s full of “gays” and their “allies”!!!!

[xsmommy]

how long ago were you there? my best friend lives in Rockville.

[Honorary Serb]

Often children with androgynous names, wrong-sex names, or last names used as first names become “gay”.

The most notorious is Vicky Gene Robinson, who brought down the Episcopal Church! Then I once knew a “gay man” named Kendall, and recently met a lesbian named Ryland.

Stick to names of saints, and you can’t go wrong!!!!

[NeoCaveman]

Jinkies.

[Vaquero]

I need to ponder that with a cup of sangria

[SoothingDave]

Hey, use ‘em or lose ‘em. Amirite?

[SoothingDave]

My sisters were in Rockville when they first lived down there. Then the one bought a place in Montgomery Village.

That area declined, so she moved up to Germantown.

[Honorary Serb]

A long time ago!

I think that your friend would notice high crime if she saw it. But she should avoid ELCA churches anywhere in the area—all “gay”!!!!

[tioga]

and YOU would do that? LOL

[xsmommy]

ix nay to the paige, Quinn, taylor, tyler etc.

[xsmommy]

she’s Roman Catholic, we met in 1st grade at St James the Greater in Apollo PA, over 50 years ago : )

[xsmommy]

i think it’s a positively BIZARRE reaction to what was clearly fury on her part. what was she hoping to accomplish?

[xsmommy]

i personally would never live in Maryland. VA is far preferable.

[SoothingDave]

I’m with you there. MD is crazy anti-gun, etc.

[Louis Foxwell]

My daughter is in MD on Kent Island, family home for generations.
She campaigned for the new Gov and lives adjacent to his biggest contributor.
Does training with autistic children.
She was offered a job - political appointment - in Balto working with community orgs.
Quite a gal and very clear about the nature of reality.