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amarant(h)ine, a.|æməˈræntɪn, -θɪn|
In Milton amarantin.
[f. amaranth + -ine; in mod.L. amarantinus.]
1. Of or pertaining to amarant(h), of everlasting flowers, fadeless.
1667Milton P.L. xi. 78 Thir blissful Bowrs Of Amarantin Shade. 1713Swift Caden. & Van. Wks. 1755 III. ii. 8 She plucks in heav'n's high bow'rs A sprig of amaranthine flow'rs. 1858Longfellow The Two Angels viii, The angel with the amaranthine wreath, Pausing, descended.
2. Fadeless, immortal, undying.
1781Cowper Hope 164 Hope Plucks amaranthine joys from bowers of bliss. 1847H. Rogers Ess. I. v. 240 To bloom for ever in amaranthine loveliness.
3. Amarant(h)-coloured.
1874Hardy Madding Crowd II. i. 15 Promontories of coppery cloud which bounded a green and pellucid expanse in the western sky; amaranthine glosses came over them. |