amaranthine

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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019

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

A little skiff on time's dark stream,   With silken sail and golden oar, Is floating like a fairy dream,   And pointing to some distant shore,     Where brighter bloom more fragrant flow'rs,     Perfuming amaranthine bow'rs.

From Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland by Hanna, Abigail Stanley

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

It is for this crown of amaranthine glory, or blessed eternal salvation, that we are to watch and labor with fear and trembling.

From Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians by Orr, Charles Ebert