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- [skahr-lit]
- /ˈskɑr lɪt/
- /ˈskɑː.lət/
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- [skahr-lit]
- /ˈskɑr lɪt/
Definitions of scarlet word
- noun scarlet a bright-red color inclining toward orange. 1
- noun scarlet cloth or clothing of this color. 1
- adjective scarlet of the color scarlet. 1
- adjective scarlet flagrantly offensive: Their sins were scarlet. 1
- noun scarlet bright red colour 1
- adjective scarlet bright red in colour 1
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Origin of scarlet
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; Middle English < Old French escarlate < Medieval Latin scarlata, scarletum, perhaps < Arabic saqirlāṭ, siqillāṭ < Medieval Greek sigillátos < Latin sigillātus decorated with patterns in relief; see sigillate
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Parts of speech for Scarlet
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
scarlet popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
scarlet usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for scarlet
noun scarlet
- bittersweet — If you describe an experience as bittersweet, you mean that it has some happy aspects and some sad ones.
- blush — When you blush, your face becomes redder than usual because you are ashamed or embarrassed.
- blusher — Blusher is a coloured substance that women put on their cheeks.
- bricker — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- burgundy — Burgundy is used to describe things that are purplish-red in colour.
adj scarlet
- blowsy — (esp of a woman) untidy in appearance; slovenly or sluttish
adjective scarlet
- crimson — Something that is crimson is deep red in colour.
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