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amaranthine

[ am-uh-ran-thin, -thahyn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

amaranthine

/ ˌæməˈrænθaɪn /

First recorded in 1660–70; amaranth + -ine ¹

Could mortals have desired more, even on Olympus—even in the Amaranthine fields of Elysium?

A chaplet of amaranthine flowers surmounts his well earned fame.

It is for this crown of amaranthine glory, or blessed eternal salvation, that we are to watch and labor with fear and trembling.

I durstn't touch it for fear of leaving the marks of my four fingers and thumb in amaranthine!

They led the little one to amaranthine bowers, and wreathed around his temples the flowers that never fade.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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