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scarlet letter Definition

☆ scarlet letter

noun

a scarlet letter A formerly worn by a person convicted of adultery

Etymology: < the novel The Scarlet Letter (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Browse dictionary entries near scarlet letter

  1. ‹ scarlet hat
  2. ‹ scarlet fever
  3. ‹ scarlet
  4. ‹ Scarlatti
  5. ‹ scarlatina
  6. ‹ scarious
  7. ‹ scarify
  8. ‹ scarificator
  9. ‹ scarification
  10. ‹ scarfskin
  1. scarlet runner (bean) ›
  2. scarlet tanager ›
  3. scarp ›
  4. scarper ›
  5. Scarron ›
  6. scarves ›
  7. scary ›
  8. scat ›
  9. scatback ›
  10. scathe ›