[Loch-Ruadh] Word of the day

[Jane Sitton]

Sorry this is late.  I've been very busy at work, not to mention missing a
day due to this nasty cold I can't seem to shake.  I've had it about ten
days now, and it's getting mighty old.  -- Madelina

The Word of the Day for October 31 is:

sanguineous * \san-GWIH-nee-uss\ * (adjective)1:  blood red  *2:  of,
relating to, or involving bloodshed:  bloodthirsty  3:  of, relating to, or
containing blood

Example sentence:

"Two interpretations of Transylvania's sanguineous seducer are on the
Bill for Saturday's horror movie show . . . with Bela Lugosi as Count
Dracula shown in tandem with 'Love at First Bite'. . . ." (Eleanor Charles,
The New York Times, February 6, 2000)

Did you know?

Besides "sanguineous," two other English adjectives come from
"sanguis," the Latin word for "blood."  They are "sanguine" and
"sanguinary."  "Sanguine" has been with us since the 14th century. Nowadays,
it usually means "optimistic," but it can also mean "ruddy." (The
"optimistic" sense extends from the medieval belief that a healthy red
complexion denoted self-confidence.)  "Sanguineous" first appeared in the
16th century as a synonym of the ruddy complexion sense of "sanguine," but
now it's more often used in medical or scientific references to blood.
"Sanguinary" dates  from the 1620s and means "bloodthirsty" or "involving
bloodshed" (as in "a sanguinary conflict"). "Sanguineous" can be used with
these meanings too, but "sanguinary" is the more likely choice when
blood-spilling is involved.