SCARLET

red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet

(adjective) of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

scarlet, vermilion, orange red

(noun) a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Scarlet

A female given name from English, a modern variant of Scarlett, or from the common noun scarlet.

Anagrams

• Clarets, arclets, cartels, castler, castrel, clarets, crestal, lacerts, rectals

Etymology

Noun

scarlet (plural scarlets)

A brilliant red colour tinged with orange.

Cloth of a scarlet color.

Synonyms

• scarlet red

Adjective

scarlet (comparative more scarlet, superlative most scarlet)

Of a bright red colour.

Sinful or whorish.

(Ireland) Tragic or disappointing.

Verb

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

To dye or tinge with scarlet.

Anagrams

• Clarets, arclets, cartels, castler, castrel, clarets, crestal, lacerts, rectals

Source: Wiktionary

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Scar"let, n. Etym: [OE. scarlat, scarlet, OF. escarlate, F. écarlate (cf. Pr. escarlat, escarlata, Sp. & Pg. escarlata, It. scarlatto, LL. scarlatum), from Per. sakirlat.]

Definition: 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, a.

Definition: Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread. Scarlet admiral (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), the telescope fish; -- so called from its red color. See under Telescope.

– Scarlet ibis (Zoöl.) See under Ibis.

– Scarlet maple (Bot.), the red maple. See Maple.

– Scarlet mite (Zoöl.), 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. (Zoöl.) See under Tanager.

Scar"let, v. t.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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