Scarlet Definition

skärlĭt

scarlets

noun

scarlets

Very bright red with a slightly orange tinge.

Webster's New World

Cloth or clothing of this color.

Webster's New World

Cloth of a scarlet color.

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adjective

Of a strong to vivid red or reddish orange.

American Heritage

Of this color.

Webster's New World

Flagrantly immoral or unchaste.

Scarlet thoughts.

American Heritage

Of sin; sinful; specif., whorish.

Webster's New World

Of a bright red colour.

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verb

To dye or tinge with scarlet.

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pronoun

A female given name, a modern variant of Scarlett, or from the common noun scarlet.

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Other Word Forms of Scarlet

Singular:

scarlet

Plural:

scarlets

Middle English scarlet cloth, scarlet from Old French escarlate from Medieval Latin scarlata scarlet cloth from Persian saqirlāt rich cloth, scarlet cloth variant of siqillāt from Arabic perhaps from Medieval Greek sigillatos from Latin sigillātus decorated with raised figures from sigilla little figures pl. of sigillum sigil sigil

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old French escarlate (“a type of cloth"), from Medieval Latin scarlatum (“scarlet cloth"), from Persian سقرلات (saqerlât, “a warm woollen cloth"), of uncertain origin.

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