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[ red-let-er ] / ˈrɛdˈlɛt ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR red-letter ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivemarked by red letters, as festival days in the church calendar. memorable; especially important or happy: a red-letter day in his life. (of a Bible) having the quoted words of Jesus appear in red type: a red-letter edition;the red-letter New Testament presented at her baptism. Origin of red-letterFirst recorded in 1660–70 Words nearby red-letterred-lead ore, red-lead putty, Redleg, redlegged grasshopper, red-legged partridge, red-letter, red-letter day, red light, red-light district, redline, redlining Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for red-letterTurns out, after all, to be a red-letter day or, that is, a brown-liquid evening. The Ridiculousness of Father's Day|P. J. O’Rourke|June 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST When alluding, in after years, to this visit, Browning always spoke of it as one of the red-letter days of his life. Life of Robert Browning|William Sharp Love can always find some way to keep the red-letter days of its calendar. The Little Colonel's Holidays|Annie Fellows Johnston Sheep-shearing day continued the red-letter day on Nantucket well into the present century. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast|Samuel Adams Drake
January 24, 1848, was the red-letter day in California's history, and the news that transpired that day electrified the world. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania |Jewett Castello Gilson It was one of the red-letter days of my life, the day I owned a watch. Life on the Stage|Clara Morris
Words related to red-letterauspicious, banner, fortunate, happy, memorable, notable, noteworthy |