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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