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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.
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amaranthine
flower on earthIs virtue.
Cowper.
3.
Of a purplish color.
Buchanan.
Definition 2024
amaranthine
amaranthine
English
Alternative forms
Noun
amaranthine (uncountable)
Adjective
amaranthine (comparative more amaranthine, superlative most amaranthine)
- Of a dark reddish purple colour
- unfading, eternal, immortal, infinite
- relating to the imaginary amaranth flower that never fades
- relating to, or having the form of plants of the genus Amaranthus
See also
- Appendix:Colors
References
- ↑ “amaranthine” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).