amaranthine
Americanadjective
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of or like the amaranth.
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unfading; everlasting.
a woman of amaranthine loveliness.
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of purplish-red color.
adjective
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of a dark reddish-purple colour
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of or resembling the amaranth
Etymology
Origin of amaranthine
Example Sentences
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019
His manly brow was decked with epic laurels that can never lose their amaranthine freshness whilst patriotic fire glows or history endures.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll
Shall the patriots and soldiers of '76, the "Immortal Band," as history styles them, meet again in the amaranthine bowers of spotless purity, of perfect bliss, of eternal glory?
From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes
Ev'n now he claims the amaranthine wreath, With scenes that glow, with images that breathe!
From Poems by Rogers, Samuel
It is a paradise of secret peace, A glorious land of amaranthine bloom; Where happiness, having fled the world, now dwells In shining gladness.
From Mr. Faust by Ficke, Arthur Davison
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