sanguine

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 16, 2022 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>sanguine</strong> &#149; \SANG-gwin\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><em>Sanguine</em> means "confidently optimistic."</p> <p>// The young CEO is <em>sanguine</em> about the struggling company's future.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanguine">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"Mystifyingly, the Tony-nominated actress was never invited to audition for the 2020 Broadway revival of … 'West Side Story.' But given the way things worked out, [Ariana DeBose]—who was cast in Spielberg's movie shortly afterward—is pretty <em>sanguine</em> about the slight. 'I think everything happens for a reason,' she says. 'That was not my blessing. That was somebody else's blessing.'" — Sara Stewart, <em>The New York Post</em>, 8 Dec. 2021</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>If you're the sort of cheery soul who always looks on the bright side no matter what happens, you have a sanguine personality. <em>Sanguine</em> is the name of one of the <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temperament">temperaments</a> that ancient and medieval scholars believed was caused by an abundance of one of the four <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humor">humors</a>. It comes from <em>sanguineus</em>—Latin for "of or relating to blood" or "bloody"—and over centuries has had meanings ranging from "bloodthirsty" and "bloodred" to "confidently optimistic."</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>