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amaranthine

[am-uh-ran-thin, -thahyn] / ˌæm əˈræn θɪn, -θaɪn /


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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019

Softer calm than zephyr breathes Murmurs in the laurel foliage And the amaranthine wreaths: Thus in sacred stillness rested Air and wave—in such repose Slumbered nature, when from ocean Anadyomene rose.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 by Various

The charming Mrs. L——, of Illinois, was richly attired in a frock and gloves, and wore a wreath of flowers from amaranthine bowers.

From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)

She settled herself on a wide divan covered with a Bokhara carpet of faded amaranthine hues on which languished great cushions embroidered with spreading palms of dull gold.

From The Child of Pleasure by Harding, Georgina

Faith, amaranthine flower of, 662. for modes of, 663. has centre everywhere, 661. if, produce no works, 660. saddest thing, to lose, 571.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various




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