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

Could mortals have desired more, even on Olympus—even in the Amaranthine fields of Elysium?

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A chaplet of amaranthine flowers surmounts his well earned fame.

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It is for this crown of amaranthine glory, or blessed eternal salvation, that we are to watch and labor with fear and trembling.

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I durstn't touch it for fear of leaving the marks of my four fingers and thumb in amaranthine!

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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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