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The Word of the Week is SANGUINE.
(SANG gwin) adj cheerful; optimistic; hopeful
* a great word for the mood at WriteOnCon! *
Miguel was sanguine about his chances of winning the Nobel Peace Prize, even though, as an eighth grader, he hadn't really done anything to deserve it.
The ebullient checkers champion remained sanguine in defeat; he was so sure of himself that he viewed even catastrophe as merely a temporary setback.
Don confuse sanguine (a nice word) with sanguinary (not a nice word). Sanguinary means bloodthirsty.
Have fun with words!
ooo bloodthirsty...lol I will try not to confuse them.
ReplyDeleteThis is so much fun!!! Love the word choice of the day, and I love that just changing the ending turns the word into something completely different. Crazy isn't it!
ReplyDeleteI think the two should always be confused, bloodthirsty works especially well in your second sentence. :) Thanks for the info about WriteOnCon.
ReplyDeleteKasie - Yes, you're right, it would change the essence of the sentence (both really) but it would still make sense.
ReplyDeletesanguine always makes me think of blood- i think mostly because of the reddish chalk/ and similar words in spanish...
ReplyDeletebut i think there are multiple uses for the word sanguine... check out this wiki disambiguation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanguine_(disambiguation)
and this webster's definition:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanguine
aspiring - okay, so now it makes sense how the two words are related, though not sure how they got "cheerful" from "blood stain colour"? :D
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