amaranthine vs mortal

amaranthine

adj
  • Unfading, eternal, immortal, infinite. 

  • Of a dark reddish purple colour. 

  • Relating to the mythical amaranth flower that never fades. 

  • Relating to, or having the form of plants of the genus Amaranthus. 

noun
  • A dark reddish-purple colour. 

  • The amaranth flower. 

mortal

adj
  • Human; belonging or pertaining to people who are mortal. 

  • Of or relating to the time of death. 

  • Punishable by death. 

  • Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly. 

  • Very painful or tedious; wearisome. 

  • Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal. 

  • Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.). 

  • Of a sin: involving the penalty of spiritual death, rather than merely venial. 

  • Very drunk. 

  • Fatally vulnerable. 

noun
  • A human; someone susceptible to death. 

adv
  • Mortally; enough to cause death. 

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