amaranthine

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

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adjective

of or like the amaranth.
unfading; everlasting: a woman of amaranthine loveliness.
of purplish-red color.

Origin of amaranthine

First recorded in 1660–70; amaranth + -ine¹

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Related Words for amaranthine

ceaseless, continual, continuous, deathless, eternal, everlasting, immortal, infinite, never-ending, perpetual, undying, unending

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Historical Examples of amaranthine

On the sculptor's side, the amaranthine flower was already in full blow.
The Marble Faun, Volume II.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
At the bottom of this dell the flowers have an amaranthine bloom.
'Midst the Wild Carpathians
Mr Jkai
It made him jealous to imagine them lost in this amaranthine profundity.
Sinister Street, vol. 2
Compton Mackenzie
We are not in a hurry, because the crown we are seeking is amaranthine, unfading.
Our Lady Saint Mary
J. G. H. Barry
Thoughts of amaranthine bloom will spring up in the fields ploughed to give food to suffering men.
Life Without and Life Within
Margaret Fuller

British Dictionary definitions for amaranthine

amaranthine

adjective

of a dark reddish-purple colour
of or resembling the amaranth

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Word Origin and History for amaranthine

adj.

1660s, "unfading, undying," poetic (apparently coined by Milton), also amarantine; see amaranth. Later used of a purple color.