The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amaranthine \Am`a*ran"thine\, a.
Of or pertaining to amaranth. ``Amaranthine bowers.''
--Pope.-
Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying.
They only amaranthine flower on earth Is virtue.
--Cowper. Of a purplish color.
--Buchanan.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, "unfading, undying," poetic (apparently coined by Milton), also amarantine; see amaranth. Later used of a purple color.
Wiktionary
a. 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'' n. A dark reddish purple colour.
WordNet
adj. of or related to the amaranth plant
of an imaginary flower that never fades [syn: unfading]
Wikipedia
Amaranthine, amaranth, or amarantine may refer to:
- Amaranthine (pigment), a betacyanin plant antioxidant and pigment
- Amaranth (color), a shade of reddish-rose
- Amaranth, a genus of plant
Usage examples of "amaranthine".
They passed from street to street among fair and spacious dwellings, set in amaranthine gardens, and adorned with an infinitely varied beauty of divine simplicity.
The three of them had loved their work, and the Amaranthine Potere Foundation had been one of the few places in the world where an archaeologist could be permanently employed.
The giantesses lift arms like the trunks of sycamores, each finger tipped with an amaranthine talon.
The color faded from his eyes, leached away to white and then filled with amaranthine lacking whites, pupils and iris.
They dismounted and approached Malthus, throwing back their hoods so that he could see their amaranthine eyes glowing in the darkness.
The first time they took mortgiefan their eyes changed to amaranthine, lacking in iris, whites, and pupils.
They passed from street to street among fair and spacious dwellings, set in amaranthine gardens, and adorned with an infinitely varied beauty of divine simplicity.
The three of them had loved their work, and the Amaranthine Potere Foundation had been one of the few places in the world where an archaeologist could be permanently employed.
From the darkest corners of Sam's mind swam terrifying amaranthine Christian images of retribution and punishment and come-uppance, symbols so much stronger than those of redemption or love or hope.