"amaranthine" meaning in All languages combined

See amaranthine on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌæm.əˈɹæn.θɪn/, /-θaɪn/ Forms: more amaranthine [comparative], most amaranthine [superlative], amarantine [alternative]
Etymology: Coined by Milton, originally meaning "unfading", as amaranth + -ine, from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos, “unfading”). Later used for color. First attested in the 1660s. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Milton|nobycat=1}} Coined by Milton, {{suffix|en|amaranth|ine}} amaranth + -ine, {{der|en|grc|ἀμάραντος||unfading}} Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos, “unfading”), {{etydate/the|1660s}} the 1660s, {{etydate|1660s}} First attested in the 1660s Head templates: {{en-adj}} amaranthine (comparative more amaranthine, superlative most amaranthine)
  1. Of a dark reddish purple colour.
    Sense id: en-amaranthine-en-adj-T6oCVugW Categories (other): Colors, Purples Disambiguation of Colors: 42 5 9 10 31 3 Disambiguation of Purples: 46 14 16 16 0 7
  2. Unfading, eternal, immortal, infinite.
    Sense id: en-amaranthine-en-adj-iFg-bAiD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ine, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Reds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 52 6 35 1 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ine: 4 55 7 33 0 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 57 3 35 0 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 60 2 35 0 1 Disambiguation of Reds: 12 58 2 22 4 3
  3. Relating to the mythical amaranth flower that never fades.
    Sense id: en-amaranthine-en-adj-MgsdjDrA
  4. Relating to, or having the form of plants of the genus Amaranthus.
    Sense id: en-amaranthine-en-adj-SiaAOH2z Categories (other): Amaranth subfamily plants Disambiguation of Amaranth subfamily plants: 1 2 23 43 0 31

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌæm.əˈɹæn.θɪn/, /-θaɪn/ Forms: amaranthines [plural], amarantine [alternative]
Etymology: Coined by Milton, originally meaning "unfading", as amaranth + -ine, from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos, “unfading”). Later used for color. First attested in the 1660s. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Milton|nobycat=1}} Coined by Milton, {{suffix|en|amaranth|ine}} amaranth + -ine, {{der|en|grc|ἀμάραντος||unfading}} Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos, “unfading”), {{etydate/the|1660s}} the 1660s, {{etydate|1660s}} First attested in the 1660s Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} amaranthine (countable and uncountable, plural amaranthines)
  1. A dark reddish-purple colour. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. The amaranth flower. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-amaranthine-en-noun-mD79CQrc

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (887c61b and 3d4dee6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.