amaranthine
of or like the amaranth.
unfading; everlasting: a woman of amaranthine loveliness.
of purplish-red color.
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How to use amaranthine in a sentence
Could mortals have desired more, even on Olympus—even in the amaranthine fields of Elysium?
The Argosy | VariousA chaplet of amaranthine flowers surmounts his well earned fame.
Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution | L. Carroll JudsonIt is for this crown of amaranthine glory, or blessed eternal salvation, that we are to watch and labor with fear and trembling.
Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians | Charles Ebert OrrI durstn't touch it for fear of leaving the marks of my four fingers and thumb in amaranthine!
The Wandering Jew, Complete | Eugene SueThey led the little one to amaranthine bowers, and wreathed around his temples the flowers that never fade.
Olive Leaves | Lydia Howard Sigourney
British Dictionary definitions for amaranthine
/ (ˌæməˈrænθaɪn) /
of a dark reddish-purple colour
of or resembling the amaranth
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