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scarlet

American  
[skahr-lit] / ˈskɑr lɪt /

noun

  1. a bright-red color inclining toward orange.

  2. cloth or clothing of this color.

adjective

  1. of the color scarlet.

  2. flagrantly offensive.

    Their sins were scarlet.
scarlet British  
/ ˈskɑːlɪt /

noun

  1. a vivid red colour, sometimes with an orange tinge

  2. cloth or clothing of this colour

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adjective

  1. of the colour scarlet

  2. sinful or immoral, esp unchaste

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Etymology

Origin of 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; sigillate

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