sanguineous

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Apples, as they say, must be not be compared to oranges, and certainly not blood oranges, which is perhaps the better analogy for this tart, tangy and juicily sanguineous offering.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2023

I had that luxury because, like everyone else this year, I didn’t have to fly to Utah for the Sundance Film Festival but attended this impressively sanguineous edition at home.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2022

Although the movie will have a different script, approach, director, cast and special effects, Langella wants to maintain his conception of the role of the sanguineous count.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fifth, or nervous temperament, as I have already stated, may be considered of a complex nature, as it influences the sanguineous as well as the choleric, the melancholy, and the phlegmatic.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

This division led to a further classification; and temperaments, according to the predominance of these elements, were divided into the sanguineous, the bilious, the phlegmatic, and the melancholic.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)