Lately I've been using the word "sanguine" a lot which is weird because I never really understood how a word used to describe blood could also mean optimism.
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Lately I've been using the word "sanguine" a lot which is weird because I never really understood how a word used to describe blood could also mean optimism.
Lately I've been using the word "sanguine" a lot which is weird because I never really understood how a word used to describe blood could also mean optimism.
Lately I've been using the word "sanguine" a lot which is weird because I never really understood how a word used to describe blood could also mean optimism.
I think my favorite part (well, no, there’s a lot of fun parts in that) is that the one witch questions the ethicality of using blood to make a potion, not one minute after suggesting that they kidnap someone instead of going on a date.
Lately I've been using the word "sanguine" a lot which is weird because I never really understood how a word used to describe blood could also mean optimism.
I think my favorite part (well, no, there’s a lot of fun parts in that) is that the one witch questions the ethicality of using blood to make a potion, not one minute after suggesting that they kidnap someone instead of going on a date.
They'd be kidnapping an adult, totally different than taking a child's blood.
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Lately I've been using the word "sanguine" a lot which is weird because I never really understood how a word used to describe blood could also mean optimism.
Sanguine is from the Latin word sanguis, which translates to "blood" or "bloody". In medieval medicine, sanguis was used to describe someone with a rosy, healthy glow. This fresh, blood-like complexion was associated with having an upbeat attitude and optimistic outlook.
Two ways you can use the term include: 1) "the state of being sanguine" and 2) having "a fresh and sanguine complexion".
This was back when the balance of the body’s fluids (humors) were considered to be of utmost importance in medical science, and disease happened when there was an imbalance in their respective levels. It was similarly believed that people were predisposed to different balances of the humors, which created different personality types. Kinda like how some folks associate broad personality types with blood types today.
In addition to sanguine, that thinking gives us the terms cholic, melancholic, and phlegmatic.
It’s onr of those words where you don’t realize until you learn it how useful it is, and you wonder how you did without it.
I got in the habit of using it after reading Topless Robot's Fan Fiction Fridays.
"I question the verisimilitude of your werewolf slash fiction, sir" is a sentence construction that can be tweaked for a surprisingly wide variety of conversational gambits.
It’s onr of those words where you don’t realize until you learn it how useful it is, and you wonder how you did without it.
I got in the habit of using it after reading Topless Robot's Fan Fiction Fridays.
"I question the verisimilitude of your werewolf slash fiction, sir" is a sentence construction that can be tweaked for a surprisingly wide variety of conversational gambits.
For top-drawer shade-throwin’, it is indeed tough to beat.
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Better to be circumspect in some cases however.
Because people with too much blood are too happy.
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I think my favorite part (well, no, there’s a lot of fun parts in that) is that the one witch questions the ethicality of using blood to make a potion, not one minute after suggesting that they kidnap someone instead of going on a date.
They'd be kidnapping an adult, totally different than taking a child's blood.
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This was back when the balance of the body’s fluids (humors) were considered to be of utmost importance in medical science, and disease happened when there was an imbalance in their respective levels. It was similarly believed that people were predisposed to different balances of the humors, which created different personality types. Kinda like how some folks associate broad personality types with blood types today.
In addition to sanguine, that thinking gives us the terms cholic, melancholic, and phlegmatic.
Yeah it's basically a techno babble way to say magic...
Crepuscular is pretty good. I'm always a little excited whenever I get a chance to use it.
It’s onr of those words where you don’t realize until you learn it how useful it is, and you wonder how you did without it.
I got in the habit of using it after reading Topless Robot's Fan Fiction Fridays.
"I question the verisimilitude of your werewolf slash fiction, sir" is a sentence construction that can be tweaked for a surprisingly wide variety of conversational gambits.
For top-drawer shade-throwin’, it is indeed tough to beat.
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