scarlet: Meaning and Definition of
scar•let
Pronunciation: (skär'lit), [key]
— n.
- a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- cloth or clothing of this color.
—adj.
- of the color scarlet.
- flagrantly offensive: Their sins were scarlet.
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