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Webster 1913 Edition

Scarlet

Scar′let

,
Noun.
[OE.
scarlat
,
scarlet
, OF.
escarlate
, F.
écarlate
(cf. Pr.
escarlat
,
escarlata
, Sp. & Pg.
escarlata
, It.
scarlatto
, LL.
scarlatum
), from Per.
sakirlāt
.]
A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, – of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color.
2.
Cloth of a scarlet color.
All her household are clothed with
scarlet
.
Prov. xxxi. 21.

Scar′let

,
Adj.
Of the color called scarlet;
as, a
scarlet
cloth or thread
.
Scarlet admiral
(Zool.)
,
the red admiral. See under
Red
. – Scarlet bean
(Bot.)
, a kind of bean (
Phaseolus multiflorus
) having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner.
–
Scarlet fever
(Med.)
,
a contagious febrile disease characterized by inflammation of the fauces and a scarlet rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending in desquamation about the sixth or seventh day.
–
Scarlet fish
(Zool.)
,
the telescope fish; – so called from its red color. See under
Telescope
.
–
Scarlet ibis
(Zool.)
See under
Ibis
.
–
Scarlet maple
(Bot.)
,
the red maple. See
Maple
.
–
Scarlet mite
(Zool.)
,
any one of numerous species of bright red carnivorous mites found among grass and moss, especially
Thombidium holosericeum
and allied species. The young are parasitic upon spiders and insects.
–
Scarlet oak
(Bot.)
,
a species of oak (
Quercus coccinea
) of the United States; – so called from the scarlet color of its leaves in autumn.
–
Scarlet runner
(Bot.)
,
the scarlet bean.
–
Scarlet tanager
.
(Zool.)
See under
Tanager
.

Scar′let

,
Verb.
T.
To dye or tinge with scarlet.
[R.]
The ashy paleness of my cheek
Is
scarleted
in ruddy flakes of wrath.
Ford.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scarlet

SC'ARLET

,
Noun.
1.
A beautiful bright red color, brighter than crimson.
2.
Cloth of a scarlet color.
All her household are clothed with scarlet. Prov. 31.

SC'ARLET

,
Adj.
of the color called scarlet; of a bright red color; as a scarlet cloth or thread; a scarlet lip.

Definition 2024

Scarlet

Scarlet

See also: scarlet and Scarlett

English

Proper noun

Scarlet

  1. A female given name, a modern variant of Scarlett, or from the common noun scarlet.
    • 1979 Joseph Hansen, Skinflick, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, ISBN 0030489310, page 96:
      It's not just Ribbons either. It's - get ready for this - Scarlet Ribbons. From an old Harry Belafonte record my mom had when she was about ten or something. When she grew up she was going to have a little girl and call her Scarlet Ribbons.

Anagrams

scarlet

scarlet

See also: Scarlet and Scarlett

English

Noun

scarlet ‎(plural scarlets)

  1. A bright red, slightly orange colour.
    scarlet colour:    
  2. Cloth of a scarlet color.
    • Bible, Proverbs xxxi. 21
      All her household are clothed with scarlet.

Translations

Adjective

scarlet ‎(comparative more scarlet, superlative most scarlet)

  1. Of a bright red colour.
    • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter V”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
      Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  2. Sinful or whorish.
    a scarlet woman‎

Translations

Derived terms

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Verb

scarlet ‎(third-person singular simple present scarlets, present participle scarleting, simple past and past participle scarleted)

  1. To dye or tinge with scarlet.
    • Ford
      The ashy paleness of my cheek / Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath.

Anagrams

Etymology

Old French escarlate ‎(“a type of cloth”), from Medieval Latin scarlatum ‎(“scarlet cloth”), from Persian سقرلات ‎(saqerlât, “a warm woollen cloth”), of uncertain origin.

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