amaranthine

[ am-uh-ran-thin, -thahyn ]

/ ˌæm əˈræn θɪn, -θaɪn /

of or like the amaranth.

unfading; everlasting: a woman of amaranthine loveliness.

of purplish-red color.

Origin of amaranthine

First recorded in 1660–70; amaranth + -ine¹

A chaplet of amaranthine flowers surmounts his well earned fame.

Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution |L. Carroll Judson
Thoughts of amaranthine bloom will spring up in the fields ploughed to give food to suffering men.

Life Without and Life Within |Margaret Fuller
We are not in a hurry, because the crown we are seeking is amaranthine, unfading.

Our Lady Saint Mary |J. G. H. Barry
It made him jealous to imagine them lost in this amaranthine profundity.

Sinister Street, vol. 2 |Compton Mackenzie

The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.

Pearls of Thought |Maturin M. Ballou

amaranthine

/ (ˌæməˈrænθaɪn) /

of a dark reddish-purple colour

of or resembling the amaranth