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amaranthine

noun
/ˌæm.əˈɹæn.θɪn/

Etymology

Coined by Milton, originally meaning "unfading", as amaranth + -ine, from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos, “unfading”). Later used for color. First attested in the 1660s.

  1. derived from ἀμάραντος

Definitions

  1. A dark reddish-purple colour.

    • The giantesses lift arms like the trunks of sycamores, each finger tipped with an amaranthine talon.

  2. The amaranth flower.

    • Ah! when the eternal morning dawns, And amaranthines shall displace the thorns […]

  3. Of a dark reddish purple colour.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Unfading, eternal, immortal, infinite.

      • […] The angelick blast Filled all the regions: from their blisful bowers Of amarantine shade, fountain or spring, By the waters of life, where’er they sat In fellowships of joy, the sons of light Hasted, resorting to the summons high
      • Ah! is Thy love indeed A weed, albeit an amaranthine weed, Suffering no flowers except its own to mount?
      • “Fuchsia,” said the Doctor, “come along this evening and I’ll give you a tonic which you must make her take every day. By all that’s amaranthine you really must. […]”

    2. Relating to the mythical amaranth flower that never fades.

    3. Relating to, or having the form of plants of the genus Amaranthus.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA