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scarlet definition

scar·let (skär′lit)

noun

  1. very bright red with a slightly orange tinge
  2. cloth or clothing of this color

Etymology: ME, aphetic < OFr escarlate < ML scarlatum < Pers säqirlāt, dress dyed crimson < ?

adjective

  1. of this color
  2. of sin; sinful; specif., whorish

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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