2. ruddy: flushed with a healthy rosy color a sanguine complexion
3. blood red: of a blood red color
4. bloodthirsty: eager to shed blood
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5. physiology history having blood as dominant humor: in medieval physiology, having blood as the dominant humor and therefore characterized by a ruddy complexion and a courageous, optimistic, and romantic temperament
[14th century. Via French< Latin sanguin-, stem of sanguis "blood"]
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