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Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Topic Options #37945 - 08/07/01 06:00 PM amaranthine Anonymous Unregistered i did a doubletake when i used this word today and atomicized it to check spelling, because it seems reminiscent of adamantine (i hadn't realized that amaranthine means, literally, having the characteristics of an amaranth, which is "any of various annuals of the genus Amaranthus having dense green or reddish clusters of tiny flowers and including several weeds, ornamentals, and food plants.") i'm not entirely sure why this, of all flowers, is heralded as being eternal, but that's not really my query. i'm wondering if there are other not-so-obvious words that are based upon natural phenomenons, and ending in the -ine suffix. or perhaps i'm just befuddled today, and my brain is seeing nonexistent connections. Top #37946 - 08/07/01 08:25 PM Re: amaranthine wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 If the amaranth is as hard to kill as pigweed, I can understand a primitive farmer thinking it was immortal, even if it is an annual.It isn't hard to imagine some idiotic poet whose effeminate fingers never had to struggle with it immortalizing it in verse. There are lots of words ending in " -ine " but I can't think of any with poetic possibilities. Top #37947 - 08/07/01 08:58 PM Re: amaranthine tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 9577 Loc: this too shall pass incarnadine Properly, to make flesh-coloured or carnation; but from Shakespeare onward associated with the colour of blood. 1605 Shakes. Macbeth This my Hand will rather The multitudinous Seas incarnardine, Making the Greene, one Red. _________________________ joe friday Top #37948 - 08/08/01 02:27 PM Re: amaranthine wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Tourmaline is a gemstone that may be clear or colored. Top #37949 - 08/09/01 11:18 AM Re: amaranthine Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12530 Tourmaline is a gemstone that may be clear or colored. Hence, tourmalinine; Capable of being easily or not at all understood, esp. if both at the same time. Top #37950 - 08/09/01 12:40 PM Re: tourmalinine tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 9577 Loc: this too shall pass :-D hence, tourmalinization - replacement with an unknown quantity. _________________________ joe friday Top #37951 - 10/18/01 07:42 PM Re: amaranthine plutarch veteran Registered: 10/10/01 Posts: 1385 How about "margarine"? [French, from Greek margaron, pearl Top #37952 - 10/18/01 08:54 PM Re: amaranthine wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 How about calcimine, for whitening old ceilings and plaster walls. Top #37953 - 10/18/01 08:55 PM Re: amaranthine wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Jasmine can mean pale yellow. Top #37954 - 10/18/01 09:02 PM Re: amaranthine wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Also safranine, a yellow-red aniline dye. Top Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7256 Members 16 Forums 12811 Topics 189714 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 1 registered (tsuwm), 9 Guests and 24 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Alan, jincy crow, aml, Goodspeaker, W1343 7256 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12530 Jackie 10392 tsuwm 9577 Buffalo Shrdlu 6690 AnnaStrophic 6489 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4189 March Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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