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Webster 1913 Edition


Amaranthine

Amˊa-ran′thine

,
Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to amaranth.
Amaranthine bowers.”
Pope.
2.
Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying.
They only
amaranthine
flower on earth
Is virtue.
Cowper.
3.
Of a purplish color.
Buchanan.

Definition 2024


amaranthine

amaranthine

English

Alternative forms

Noun

amaranthine (uncountable)

  1. A dark reddish purple colour.
    amaranthine colour:    

Adjective

amaranthine (comparative more amaranthine, superlative most amaranthine)

  1. Of a dark reddish purple colour
  2. unfading, eternal, immortal, infinite
  3. relating to the imaginary amaranth flower that never fades
  4. relating to, or having the form of plants of the genus Amaranthus

See also

  • Appendix:Colors

References

  1. amaranthine” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).