2. Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying.
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They only amaranthine flower on earth
Is virtue. --Cowper.
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3. Of a purplish color. --Buchanan. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
amaranthine — index durable, perpetual Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
amaranthine — (adj.) 1660s, unfading, undying, poetic (apparently coined by Milton), also amarantine; see AMARANTH (Cf. amaranth). Later used of a purple color … Etymology dictionary
amaranthine — [am΄ə ran′thin, am΄ə ran′thēn΄, am΄ə ran′thīn΄] adj. 1. of or like the amaranth 2. unfading or undying 3. dark purplish red … English World dictionary
amaranthine — /am euh ran thin, thuyn/, adj. 1. of or like the amaranth. 2. unfading; everlasting: a woman of amaranthine loveliness. 3. of purplish red color. [1660 70; AMARANTH + INE1] * * * … Universalium
amaranthine — adjective Date: 1667 1. a. of or relating to an amaranth b. undying 2. of the color amaranth … New Collegiate Dictionary
amaranthine — 1. noun A dark reddish purple colour. 2. adjective a) Of a dark reddish purple colour b) unfading, eternal, immortal, infini … Wiktionary
amaranthine — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Enduring for all time: ceaseless, endless, eternal, everlasting, immortal, never ending, perpetual, unending, world without end. Archaic: eterne. See CONTINUE … English dictionary for students
amaranthine — immortal; undying; deep purple red colour Colour Terms … Phrontistery dictionary
amaranthine — adj. undying, never fading; reddish purple … English contemporary dictionary
amaranthine — a. 1. Of the amaranth, like an amaranth. 2. Unfading, fadeless, imperishable, undecaying, undying, deathless, immortal, perennial, ever blooming, ever vernal. 3. Purplish, purpureal, amethystine … New dictionary of synonyms
