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.

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Origin of amaranthine

First recorded in 1660–70; amaranth + -ine¹

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A chaplet of amaranthine flowers surmounts his well earned fame.
Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution|L. Carroll Judson
Thoughts of amaranthine bloom will spring up in the fields ploughed to give food to suffering men.
Life Without and Life Within|Margaret Fuller
We are not in a hurry, because the crown we are seeking is amaranthine, unfading.
Our Lady Saint Mary|J. G. H. Barry
It made him jealous to imagine them lost in this amaranthine profundity.
Sinister Street, vol. 2|Compton Mackenzie

The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou

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

amaranthine

adj.

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

amaranthine

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amaranthine

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