scarlet


Definition: Meaning of, scarlet in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈskɑːlɪt /

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  1. bright red
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  2. British English if you go scarlet, your face becomes red, usually because you are embarrassed or angry [=  blush]
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scarlet used in phrases

  • Scarlet Pimpernel, The
    1. the main character in the adventure story The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) by Baroness Orczy. The "Scarlet Pimpernel" is the name used by Sir Percy Blakeney, an Englishman who uses many clever DISGUISE s (= ways of changing your clothes and appearance so that people do not recognize you) in order to help French people from a high social class to escape from France, and from the possibility of having their heads cut off by the GUILLOTINE during the FRENCH REVOLUTION . There is a well-known short poem about him, which begins with the words "They seek him here, they seek him there...", and is about how difficult it is to find the Scarlet Pimpernel.
  • scarlet bugler (noun)
    1. plant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stems; coastal ranges from central California southward
  • scarlet bush (noun)
    1. handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil
  • scarlet clematis (noun)
    1. woody vine of Texas having showy solitary nodding scarlet flowers
  • scarlet cup (noun)
    1. about the size of quarter to a half dollar a discomycete that is a harbinger of spring; the fruiting body is thin and tough and saucer-shaped with a deep bright red upper surface and a whitish exterior
  • scarlet fever (noun)
    1. a serious infectious illness that mainly affects children, causing a sore throat and red spots on your skin
  • scarlet fritillary (noun)
    1. western United States herb with scarlet and yellow narrow bell-shaped flowers
  • scarlet hamelia (noun)
    1. handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil
  • scarlet haw (noun)
    1. common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries
  • scarlet letter (noun)
    1. the letter A in red; Puritans required adulterers to wear it
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