[ˈskɑːlɪt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- of a brilliant red colour
(e.g: a mass of scarlet berries)


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Origin:
Middle English (originally denoting any brightly coloured cloth): shortening of Old French escarlate, from medieval Latin scarlata, via Arabic and medieval Greek from late Latin sigillatus ‘decorated with small images’, from sigillum ‘small image’

[ˈskɑːlɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a brilliant red colour
(e.g: papers lettered in scarlet and black)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (originally denoting any brightly coloured cloth): shortening of Old French escarlate, from medieval Latin scarlata, via Arabic and medieval Greek from late Latin sigillatus ‘decorated with small images’, from sigillum ‘small image’