Sanguinariness San"gui·na·ri·ness noun The quality or state of being sanguinary.
Sanguinary San"gui·na·ry adjective [ Latin
sanguinarius , from
sanguis blood: confer French
sanguinaire .]
1. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle. We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences.
Bacon. 2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood. Passion . . . makes us brutal and sanguinary .
Broome. Syn. -- Bloody; murderous; bloodthirsty; cruel.
Sanguinary San"gui·na·ry noun [ Latin
herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood: confer French
sanguinaire . See
Sanguinary ,
adjective ]
(Botany) (a) The yarrow. (b) The Sanguinaria.
Sanguine San"guine adjective [ French
sanguin , Latin
sanguineus , from
sanguis blood. Confer
Sanguineous .]
1. Having the color of blood; red. Of his complexion he was sanguine .
Chaucer. Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe.
Milton. 2. Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament. 3. Warm; ardent; as, a sanguine temper. 4. Anticipating the best; not desponding; confident; full of hope; as, sanguine of success. Syn. -- Warm; ardent; lively; confident; hopeful.
Sanguine San"guine noun 1. Blood color; red. Spenser. 2. Anything of a blood-red color, as cloth. [ Obsolete]
In sanguine and in pes he clad was all.
Chaucer. 3. (Min.) Bloodstone. 4. Red crayon. See the Note under Crayon , 1.
Sanguine San"guine transitive verb To stain with blood; to impart the color of blood to; to ensanguine.
Sanguineless San"guine·less adjective Destitute of blood; pale. [ R.]
Sanguinely San"guine·ly adverb In a sanguine manner. I can not speculate quite so sanguinely as he does.
Burke.
Sanguineness San"guine·ness noun The quality of being sanguine.
Sanguineous San·guin"e·ous adjective [ Latin
sanguineus . See
Sanguine .]
1. Abounding with blood; sanguine. 2. Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood. Sir T. Browne. 3. Blood-red; crimson. Keats.
sanguinity san·guin"i·ty noun The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness. Swift.
Sanguinivorous San"gui·niv"o·rous adjective [ Latin
sanguis + vorare to devour.]
Subsisting on blood.
Sanguinolency San·guin"o·len·cy noun The state of being sanguinolent, or bloody.
Sanguinolent San·guin"o·lent adjective [ Latin
sanguinolentus , from
sanguis blood: confer French
sanguinolent .]
Tinged or mingled with blood; bloody; as, sanguinolent sputa.
Sanguisuge San"gui·suge noun [ Latin
sanguisuga ;
sanguis blood +
sugere to suck.]
(Zoology) A bloodsucker, or leech.
Sanguivorous San·guiv"o·rous adjective [ Latin
sanguis blood +
vorare to devour.]
(Zoology) Subsisting upon blood; -- said of certain blood-sucking bats and other animals. See Vampire .
Sanhedrin, Sanhedrim San"he·drin, San"he·drim noun [ Hebrew
sanhedrīn , from Greek ...; ... with + ... a seat, from ... to sit. See
Sit .]
(Jewish Antiq.) the great council of the Jews, which consisted of seventy members, to whom the high priest was added. It had jurisdiction of religious matters.
Sanhedrist San"he·drist noun A member of the sanhedrin. Schaeffer (Lange's Com.).
Sanhita San"hi·ta noun [ Sanskrit
samhita , properly, combination.]
A collection of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming the first part of each Veda.
Sanicle San"i·cle noun [ French, from Latin
sanare to heal.]
(Botany) Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Sanicula , reputed to have healing powers.
Sanidine San"i·dine noun [ Greek .... ..., a board. So called in allusion to the tabular crystals.]
(Min.) A variety of orthoclase feldspar common in certain eruptive rocks, as trachyte; -- called also glassy feldspar .
Sanies Sa"ni·es noun [ Latin ]
(Medicine) A thin, serous fluid commonly discharged from ulcers or foul wounds.
Sanious Sa"ni·ous adjective [ Latin
saniosus , from
sanies : confer French
sanieux .]
1. (Medicine) Pertaining to sanies, or partaking of its nature and appearance; thin and serous, with a slight bloody tinge; as, the sanious matter of an ulcer. 2. (med.) Discharging sanies; as, a sanious ulcer.
Sanitarian San`i·ta"ri·an adjective Of or pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary.
Sanitarian San`i·ta"ri·an noun An advocate of sanitary measures; one especially interested or versed in sanitary measures.
Sanitarist San"i·ta·rist noun A sanitarian.
Sanitarium San`i·ta"ri·um noun [ New Latin See
Sanitary .]
A health station or retreat; a sanatorium. "A
sanitarium for troops."
Latin Oliphant.
Sanitary San"i·ta·ry adjective [ Latin
sanitas health: confer French
sanitaire . See
Sanity .]
Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory . Sanitary Commission .
See under Commission .
Sanitation San`i·ta"tion noun The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene. How much sanitation has advanced during the last half century.
H. Hartshorne.
Sanity San"i·ty noun [ Latin
sanitas , from
sanus sound, healthy. See
Sane .]
The condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the mind; saneness.
Sanjak San"jak noun [ Turk.
sanjāg .]
A district or a subvision of a vilayet. [ Turkey]
Sank Sank imperfect of Sink .
Sankha Sank"ha noun [ Sanskrit
çankha a shell.]
A chank shell ( Turbinella pyrum ); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell.
Sankhya Sankh"ya noun A Hindoo system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called prakriti , consisting of three elements, goodness, passion, and darkness. Whitworth.
Sannop San"nop (săn"nŏp)
noun Same as Sannup . Bancroft.
Sannup San"nup (-nŭp)
noun A male Indian; a brave; -- correlative of squaw .
Sanny San"ny noun The sandpiper. [ Prov. Eng.]
Sans Sans (sän; E. sănz)
preposition [ French, from Latin
sine without.]
Without; deprived or destitute of. Rarely used as an English word. "
Sans fail."
Chaucer. Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Shak.
Sans-culotte Sans`-cu`lotte" (F. ...; E. ...)
noun [ French, without breeches.]
1. A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and adopted pantaloons. 2. Hence, an extreme or radical republican; a violent revolutionist; a Jacobin.
Sans-culottic Sans`-cu·lot"tic adjective Pertaining to, or involving, sans-culottism; radical; revolutionary; Jacobinical. Carlyle.
Sans-culottism Sans`-cu·lot"tism noun [ French
sans- culottisme .]
Extreme republican principles; the principles or practice of the sans-culottes .
Sans-souci Sans`-sou`ci" adverb [ French]
Without care; free and easy.
Sanscrit San"scrit noun See Sanskrit .
Sanskrit San"skrit noun [ Sanskrit
Samskrta the Sanskrit language, literally, the perfect, polished, or classical language, from
samskrta prepared, wrought, made, excellent, perfect;
sam together (akin to English
same ) +
krta made. See
Same ,
Create .] [ Written also
Sanscrit .]
The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Confer Prakrit , and Veda .
Sanskrit San"skrit adjective Of or pertaining to Sanskrit; written in Sanskrit; as, a Sanskrit dictionary or inscription.
Sanskritic San·skrit"ic adjective Sanskrit.
Sanskritist San"skrit·ist noun One versed in Sanskrit.
Santal San"tal noun [
Sant alum + piperon
al .]
(Chemistry) A colorless crystalline substance, isomeric with piperonal, but having weak acid properties. It is extracted from sandalwood.
Santalaceous San`ta·la"ceous adjective (Botany) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants ( Santalaceæ ), of which the genus Santalum is the type, and which includes the buffalo nut and a few other North American plants, and many peculiar plants of the southern hemisphere.
Santalic San·tal"ic adjective (Chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sandalwood ( Santalum ); -- used specifically to designate an acid obtained as a resinous or red crystalline dyestuff, which is called also santalin .
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