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scar·let
(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.]
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scarlet
(ˈskɑːlɪt)n
1. (Colours) a vivid red colour, sometimes with an orange tinge
2. cloth or clothing of this colour
adj
3. (Colours) of the colour scarlet
4. sinful or immoral, esp unchaste
[C13: from Old French escarlate fine cloth, of unknown origin]
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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]
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| Noun | 1. |  scarlet - a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge |
| 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 rubies chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue |
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scarlet
(ˈskaːlit) noun, adjectivescarlet fever an infectious fever usually with a sore throat and red rash. escarlatina
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