amaranthine
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019
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
He still stalks through the popular imagination with his Spanish hat and cloak, his amaranthine locks, his finely-frenzied eyes, and his Alastor-like forgetfulness of his meals.
From Prose Fancies by Le Gallienne, Richard
His private worth was crowned with amaranthine flowers, richer and sweeter than the epic and civic wreaths that decked his brow in the public view of an admiring world.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll
Ev'n now he claims the amaranthine wreath, With scenes that glow, with images that breathe!
From Poems by Rogers, Samuel
