scarlet

1200–50; Middle English < Old French escarlate < Medieval Latin scarlata, scarletum, perhaps < Arabic saqirlāṭ, siqillāṭ < Medieval Greek sigillátos < Latin sigillātus decorated with patterns in relief; see sigillate

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Example sentences from the Web for scarlet

Gang tattoos are still inked onto his face, like scarlet letters.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
With scarlet lips and chemical red hair, the erstwhile agent is still making headlines in the West.
Ex-Spy Anna Chapman, From Russia Unloved|Anna Nemtsova|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I don't know what they want me as a witness for,” he told reporters, whom he received in scarlet pajamas in the hospital.
Portrait of the Consummate Con Man|John Lardner|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The end credit scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier introduces the new Avengers the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.
A Guide to Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, the Twins Teased at the End of ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’|Rich Goldstein|April 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Olson and Taylor-Johnson have alluded to some of the complexities in the Scarlet Witch/Quicksilver relationship.
A Guide to Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, the Twins Teased at the End of ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’|Rich Goldstein|April 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
O Hara San pouted her scarlet lips at him and laughed softly as she subsided on to a mat on the floor and clapped her hands.
The Shadow of the East|E. M. Hull
The scarlet liveries make a great effect, one sees them from such a distance.
Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life|Mary Alsop King Waddington
An additional piece of scarlet cloth is thrown over the remains of a chief or medicine man.
Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2)|A Sexton of the Old School
If I have little wealth, I can give thee love:—love, the glory of life, clothed in colors of scarlet and gold!
The Genius|Margaret Horton Potter
One had scarlet fever, and the other was a young starving clerk in a galloping consumption, thirty-six hours from his home.
The Luck of Thirteen|Jan Gordon

British Dictionary definitions for scarlet

scarlet

/ (ˈskɑːlɪt) /

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 Origin for scarlet

C13: from Old French escarlate fine cloth, of unknown origin

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