frou-frou vs sanguine

frou-frou

noun
  • A rustling sound, particularly the rustling of a large silk dress. 

adj
  • Liable to create the sound of rustling cloth, similar to 19th-century dresses. 

  • Unimportant, silly, useless. 

  • Highly ornamented, overly elaborate; excessively girly. 

verb
  • To move with the sound of rustling dresses. 

sanguine

noun
  • Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth. 

  • A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey). 

  • Red crayon. 

  • Blood colour; red. 

  • Bloodstone. 

adj
  • Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood. 

  • Having the colour of blood; blood red. 

  • Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope. 

  • Warm; ardent. 

verb
  • To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine. 

How often have the words frou-frou and sanguine occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )