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sanguines

sanguines is the plural of sanguine.

Meaning of sanguine

Noun

sanguine (countable and uncountable, plural sanguines)

  1. Blood colour; red.
  2. Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth.
  3. A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey).
  4. Bloodstone.
  5. Red crayon.

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Questions about sanguines

What is sanguines the plural of?
Sanguines is the plural of sanguine.

Words near sanguines in the dictionary

  1. sanguineobilious
  2. sanguineocholeric
  3. sanguineophlegmatic
  4. sanguineous
  5. sanguineousness
  6. sanguines
  7. sanguiniferous
  8. sanguining
  9. sanguinism
  10. sanguinities
  11. sanguinity

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