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scarlet
[skahr-lit]
noun
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
cloth or clothing of this color.
adjective
of the color scarlet.
flagrantly offensive.
Their sins were scarlet.
scarlet
/ ˈɑːɪ /
noun
a vivid red colour, sometimes with an orange tinge
cloth or clothing of this colour
adjective
of the colour scarlet
sinful or immoral, esp unchaste
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of scarlet1
Example Sentences
His outsider status as a hunchback is instead a costume that presumably serves as scarlet letter or Star of David.
I believe he lived with a scarlet letter on him because of it.
She said the family was the butt of repeated jokes on “Saturday Night Live” and lived like outcasts who wore a “scarlet M.”
Each morning there's a huddle of cameras and reporters on the lookout for the men in lace and scarlet robes.
The Chelsea Pensioners, retired British Army veterans, live at the Royal Hospital in London and have helped shape the design, which includes a homage to their scarlet uniforms.
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