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scarlet
scar·let S0126100 (skär′lĭt)n.1. A strong to vivid red or reddish orange.2. Scarlet-colored clothing or cloth.adj.1. Of a strong to vivid red or reddish orange.2. Flagrantly immoral or unchaste: scarlet thoughts.
[Middle English, scarlet cloth, scarlet, from Old French escarlate, from Medieval Latin scarlata, scarlet cloth, from Persian saqirlāt, rich cloth, scarlet cloth, variant of siqillāt, from Arabic, perhaps from Medieval Greek *sigillatos, from Latin sigillātus, decorated with raised figures, from sigilla, little figures, pl. of sigillum, sigil; see sigil.]scarlet (ˈskɑːlɪt) n1. (Colours) a vivid red colour, sometimes with an orange tinge2. cloth or clothing of this colouradj3. (Colours) of the colour scarlet4. sinful or immoral, esp unchaste[C13: from Old French escarlate fine cloth, of unknown origin]scar•let (ˈskɑr lɪt)
n. 1. a bright red color inclining toward orange. 2. cloth or clothing of this color. adj. 3. of the color scarlet. 4. sexually immoral. [1200–50; Middle English < Old French escarlate < Medieval Latin scarlata, scarletum] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  scarlet - a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tingeorange red, vermilionred, redness - red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood | | Adj. | 1. | scarlet - of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubiesblood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddychromatic - being or having or characterized by hue |
Translationsscarlet (ˈskaːlit) noun, adjective (of) a bright red colour. scarlet poppies; She blushed scarlet. 鮮紅的 鲜红的scarlet fever an infectious fever usually with a sore throat and red rash. 猩紅熱 猩红热scarlet
scarlet womanA woman who is ostracized because of promiscuous behavior. Once everyone learned of her affair, she moved away from the city, rather than staying and being labeled a scarlet woman.See also: scarlet, womanscarlet redA dark reddish dye that is used as a biological stain. You can see that the fat in that tissue sample has been stained scarlet red.See also: red, scarletscarlet womanA prostitute, an immoral woman, as in Malicious gossip had it that she was a scarlet woman, which was quite untrue. This expression first appeared in Revelation 17:5, describing Saint John's vision of a woman in scarlet clothes with an inscription on her forehead, "Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth." Some interpreters believe she stood for Rome, drunk with the blood of saints, but by about 1700 the term was being used more generally for a woman with loose morals. See also: scarlet, womanscarlet woman a notoriously promiscuous or immoral woman. The term was originally applied as a derogatory reference to the Roman Catholic Church, regarded as being devoted to showy ritual. It comes from Revelation 17.See also: scarlet, womanscarlet
scarlet1. a vivid red colour, sometimes with an orange tinge 2. of the colour scarlet scarlet[′skär·lət] (organic chemistry) scarlet red scarlet
scar·let (skar'let), Denoting a bright red color tending toward orange. [Mediev. L. scarlatum, scarlet cloth] SCARLET
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scarlet
Related to scarlet: scarlet fever, scarlet letterSynonyms for scarletnoun a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tingeSynonymsRelated Wordsadj of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange)Synonyms- blood-red
- carmine
- cerise
- cherry
- cherry-red
- crimson
- red
- reddish
- ruby
- ruby-red
- ruddy
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