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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

/ ˌæəˈæθɪ /

adjective

  1. of a dark reddish-purple colour
  2. of or resembling the amaranth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of amaranthine1

First recorded in 1660–70; amaranth + -ine 1
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They only amaranthine flower on earth Is virtue.

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Thoughts of amaranthine bloom will spring up in the fields ploughed to give food to suffering men.

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No longer can we live without the amaranthine cup.

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At the bottom of this dell the flowers have an amaranthine bloom.

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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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