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sanguinity

sanguinity noun: optimism.

Noun

sanguinity (countable and uncountable, plural sanguinities)

  1. Optimism.
    Synonyms:
    sanguineness
  2. Good humor; agreeable nature.
    Synonyms:
    sanguineness
    Antonyms:
    bad blood
  3. Ardentness.
    Synonyms:
    sanguineness
  4. (uncommon) Sybaritism.
    Synonyms:
    sanguineness

Synonyms of sanguinity

Antonyms

Forms of sanguinity

pluralsanguinities

Origin of sanguinity

From sanguine + -ity. Compare Middle English sanguinite (“consanguinity”).

Questions about sanguinity

What does sanguinity mean?
Sanguinity means optimism.
What part of speech is sanguinity?
Sanguinity is a noun.
What is the plural of sanguinity?
The plural of sanguinity is sanguinities.

Words near sanguinity in the dictionary

  1. sanguines
  2. sanguiniferous
  3. sanguining
  4. sanguinism
  5. sanguinities
  6. sanguinity
  7. sanguinivore
  8. sanguinivores
  9. sanguinivorous
  10. sanguinivory
  11. sanguinobilious

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sanguinity (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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