amaranthine
Americanadjective
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of or like the amaranth.
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unfading; everlasting.
a woman of amaranthine loveliness.
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of purplish-red color.
adjective
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of a dark reddish-purple colour
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of or resembling the amaranth
Etymology
Origin of amaranthine
Example Sentences
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Could mortals have desired more, even on Olympus—even in the Amaranthine fields of Elysium?
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.
Amaranthine flowers bloom only in heaven, and must be brought thence, if they are to garland earthly foreheads.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Maclaren, Alexander
Who would strive to live in story, Did not woman's hand prepare Amaranthine wreaths of glory Which the valiant proudly wear?
From Poems by Morris, George Pope
But it is ever thus, and shall be until the arch fiend, who first plotted in the Amaranthine bowers of Eden, shall be cast out forever beyond the reach of mortal ear.
From Marguerite Verne by Armour, Rebecca Agatha
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