amaranthine

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

adjective

1. of or like the amaranth.

2. unfading; everlasting.

   a woman of amaranthine loveliness.

3. of purplish-red color.

amaranthine

/ ˌæməˈrænθaɪn /

adjective

1. of a dark reddish-purple colour

2. of or resembling the amaranth

Word History and Origins

Origin of amaranthine¹

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

Example Sentences

They only amaranthine flower on earth Is virtue.

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Thoughts of amaranthine bloom will spring up in the fields ploughed to give food to suffering men.

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No longer can we live without the amaranthine cup.

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At the bottom of this dell the flowers have an amaranthine bloom.

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

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