amaranthine
PRONUNCIATION:
(am-uh-RAN-thin, -thyn) 
MEANING:
adjective
1. Unfading; everlasting.
2. Of deep purple-red color.
3. Of or related to the amaranth.
1. Unfading; everlasting.
2. Of deep purple-red color.
3. Of or related to the amaranth.
ETYMOLOGY:
From amaranth (an imaginary, undying flower), from Latin amarantus, from Greek amarantos (unfading), from a- (not) + marainein (to fade). Ultimately from the Indo-European root mer- (to rub away or to harm), which is also the source of morse, mordant, amaranth, morbid, mortal, mortgage, nightmare, ambrosia, and premorse. Earliest documented use: 1667.
USAGE:
"Garda has retained its amaranthine appeal as one of the continent's most timeless getaways."
Thomas Breathnach; Still Waters Run Deep at Lake Garda; Irish Independent (Dublin, Ireland); Oct 19, 2013.
"The sky was now a deep dark amaranthine -- the color of blood -- and it was getting progressively harder to see through the gloom."
Steve Feasey; Demon Games; Macmillan; 2012.
Thomas Breathnach; Still Waters Run Deep at Lake Garda; Irish Independent (Dublin, Ireland); Oct 19, 2013.
"The sky was now a deep dark amaranthine -- the color of blood -- and it was getting progressively harder to see through the gloom."
Steve Feasey; Demon Games; Macmillan; 2012.
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