scarlet
Americannoun
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a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
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cloth or clothing of this color.
adjective
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of the color scarlet.
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flagrantly offensive.
Their sins were scarlet.
noun
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a vivid red colour, sometimes with an orange tinge
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cloth or clothing of this colour
adjective
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of the colour scarlet
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sinful or immoral, esp unchaste
Etymology
Origin of scarlet
1200–50; Middle English < Old French escarlate < Medieval Latin scarlata, scarletum, perhaps < Arabic saqirlāṭ, siqillāṭ < Medieval Greek sigillátos < Latin sigillātus decorated with patterns in relief; sigillate
Example Sentences
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She peeled off her scarlet sweater and laid it over the mottled fur.
From Literature
Her parents took her to Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil, but doctors initially thought she had scarlet fever or Strep A, and sent her home, according to her parents.
From BBC
Billed "scarlet red" with purple pinstripes by the SFA, Scotland football fans have questioned the colour of the so-called "retro" away kit, with many branding it coral, orange or Irn Bru colour.
From BBC
One, two, three people already in the secret room; four as Eusie’s black shoes and scarlet socks disappeared.
From Literature
Looking down into his father’s eyes, he saw the tiny scarlet veins, and at the centers, the fathomless dark.
From Literature
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