amaranthine
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amaranthine
- /ˌæm.əˈɹæn.θɪn/
- /-θaɪn/
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Coined by Milton, originally meaning "unfading", as amaranth + -ine, from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos, “unfading”). Later used for color. First attested in the 1660s.
noun amaranthines · amarantine
- A dark reddish-purple colour. The giantesses lift arms like the trunks of sycamores, each finger tipped with an amaranthine talon.
- The amaranth flower. Ah! when the eternal morning dawns, And amaranthines shall displace the thorns […]
adjective more amaranthine · most amaranthine · amarantine
- Of a dark reddish purple colour.
- 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
- Relating to the mythical amaranth flower that never fades.
- Relating to, or having the form of plants of the genus Amaranthus.
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