Passion . . . makes us brutal and sanguinary.
Broome.
Syn. -- Bloody; murderous; bloodthirsty; cruel.
San"gui*na*ry, n. [L. herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood:
cf. F. sanguinaire. See Sanguinary, a.] (Bot.) (a) The yarrow. (b) The
Sanguinaria.
San"guine (?), a. [F. sanguin, L. sanguineus, fr. sanguis blood. Cf.
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.