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amaranthine

/ˌæm.əˈɹæn.θɪn/

amaranthine noun: a dark reddish-purple colour.

Noun

amaranthine (countable and uncountable, plural amaranthines)

  1. A dark reddish-purple colour.
    • The giantesses lift arms like the trunks of sycamores, each finger tipped with an amaranthine talon.1981, Gene Wolfe, chapter VIII, in The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun; 2), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 72
  2. The amaranth flower.
    • Ah! when the eternal morning dawns,
      And amaranthines shall displace the thorns […]1857, Eleanor Duckworth, Milly Wentworth, Poems and Sketches, page 65

Adjective

amaranthine (comparative more amaranthine, superlative most amaranthine)

  1. Of a dark reddish purple colour.
  2. 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 high1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
    • Ah! is Thy love indeed
      A weed, albeit an amaranthine weed,
      Suffering no flowers except its own to mount?1893, Francis Thompson, The Hound of Heaven
  3. Relating to the mythical amaranth flower that never fades.
  4. Relating to, or having the form of plants of the genus Amaranthus.

amaranthine meaning in Tamil

amaranthine in Tamil

வாடாத

Forms of amaranthine

Noun
pluralamaranthines
alternative formamarantine
Adjective
comparativemore amaranthine
superlativemost amaranthine

Origin of amaranthine

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

Questions about amaranthine

What does amaranthine mean?
Amaranthine means a dark reddish-purple colour.
What is amaranthine in Tamil?
Amaranthine in Tamil is வாடாத. See Amaranthine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is amaranthine?
Amaranthine can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce amaranthine?
Amaranthine is pronounced /ˌæm.əˈɹæn.θɪn/.
What is the plural of amaranthine?
The plural of amaranthine is amaranthines.

Words near amaranthine in the dictionary

  1. amarantaceous
  2. Amarante
  3. amaranth
  4. amaranthaceous
  5. amaranthin
  6. amaranthine
  7. amaranthines
  8. amaranthins
  9. amaranths
  10. amaranthus
  11. amaranthuses

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