Scarlet

['skɑːlət] or ['skɑrlɪt]

Definition

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

Checker: Shari--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, -- of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color.

(n.) Cloth of a scarlet color.

(a.) Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.

(v. t.) To dye or tinge with scarlet.

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Definition

n. a bright-red colour: scarlet cloth.—adj. of the colour called scarlet: dressed in scarlet.—v.t. to redden.—ns. Scar′let-ad′miral the red-admiral a butterfly; Scar′let-bean the scarlet-runner; Scar′let-fē′ver a contagious febrile disease (see Scarlatina); Scar′let-hat a cardinal's hat; Scar′let-light′ning the scarlet lychnis: the red valerian; Scar′let-run′ner a bean with scarlet flowers which runs up any support; Scar′let-snake a bright-red harmless snake of the southern states of the American Union; Scar′let-tī′ger a British moth; Scar′let-wom′an the woman referred to in Rev. xvii. 4 5—Pagan Rome Papal Rome or a personification of the World in its anti-Christian sense.

Editor: Lorna