The definition of scarlet is something that is a vibrant red color, or is being immoral or sinful.
(adjective)Scarlet is a vibrant or brilliant red color.
(noun)The color of a vibrant red rose is an example of scarlet.
See scarlet in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME, aphetic < OFr escarlate < ML scarlatum < Pers säqirlāt, dress dyed crimson < ?
adjective
See scarlet in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English, scarlet cloth, scarlet
Origin: , from Old French escarlate
Origin: , from Medieval Latin scarlata, scarlet cloth
Origin: , from Persian saqirlāt, rich cloth, scarlet cloth
Origin: , variant of siqillāt
Origin: , from Arabic
Origin: , perhaps from Medieval Greek *sigillatos
Origin: , from Latin sigillātus, decorated with raised figures
Origin: , from sigilla, little figures
Origin: , pl. of sigillum, sigil; see sigil
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