amaranthine

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A dark reddish-purple colour.
2. (countable, uncountable) The amaranth flower.

Adj

1. Of a dark reddish purple colour.
2. Unfading, eternal, immortal, infinite.
3. Relating to the mythical amaranth flower that never fades.
4. Relating to, or having the form of plants of the genus Amaranthus.

Concepts

illimité

Synonymes

unfading

nonfinite

purple

spaceless

infy

Traductions

uferlos

αμάραντος

αμαράντινος

amarant

infinita

ebedi

horozibiğine ait

ölmez

rengi mora çalan

solmaz

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌæm.əˈɹæn.θɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Coined by Milton, originally meaning "unfading", as amaranth + -ine, from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos, “unfading”). Later used for color. First attested in the 1660s.