scarlet

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (2)  · 
“
It is also called the scarlet, the white, the soft and the swamp maple, and the flowers, as you see from this specimen, are in whorls, or pairs, of bright crimson, in crowded bunches on the purple branches.

View all »
Definitions (44)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (4)

  1. noun A strong to vivid red or reddish orange.
  2. noun Scarlet-colored clothing or cloth.
  3. adjective Of a strong to vivid red or reddish orange.
1 more from this dictionary »

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (35)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (3)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (2)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • Are you ready to be my chum Wendy flushed scarlet, and, jumping up from the grass, brushed some dead leaves from her dress It's too soon to think about chums yet," she returned. —  A harum-scarum schoolgirl
  • I must get a dozen of those At lunch that day Lord Reggie announced that he had composed a beautiful anthem on the words Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely; thy temples are like a piece of pomegranate within thy locks They sound exactly like something of Esmé's," he said, "but really they are taken from the 'Song of Solomon.' —  The Green Carnation
  • Miss Murray's fair face is a vivid scarlet, and she fans herself violently with her chip hat, as if overcome with the heat Yes, he is a handsome young man, but And he is pleasant, he has a lovely temper, and--and--I don't know why you should find fault with him, papa," she answers, warmly Why, I have not found fault with him"; and there is a funny twinkle in her father's eye When people say 'but' it always seems like finding fault," says Miss Murray, resentfully Well, don't you break the young man's heart. —  Floyd Grandon's Honor
  • Chamillo was tired of secular honors: he had seen the bishop of Strasburg officiating in scarlet, and he insisted on being made cardinal. —  Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873
  • Then she rose There was nothing of fear or sorrow in her splendid eyes; her mouth was moist and scarlet, her curved cheeks pure as a child's For a moment she stood pensive, her face now grave, now sensitive, now touched with that mysterious exaltation that glows through the histories of the saints, that shines from tapestries, that hides in the dim faces carved on shrines For the world was trembling and the land cried out under the scourge, and she was ready now for what must be. —  Lorraine A romance
More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 98 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (3)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Middle English, scarlet cloth, scarlet, from Old French escarlate, from Medieval Latin scarlata, scarlet cloth, from Persian saqirlāt, rich cloth, scarlet cloth, variant of siqillāt, from Arabic, perhaps from Medieval Greek *sigillatos, from Latin sigillātus, decorated with raised figures, from sigilla, little figures, pl. of sigillum, sigil; see sigil.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (2)

  1. Early modern English also scarlate; from Middle English scarlet, scarlett, scarlat, skarlet, scharlette = Middle Dutch scharlaet, scharlacck, Dutch scharlaken = Middle Low German scharlaken = Middle High German scharlāt, later scharlach, scharlachen, German scharlach = Danish skarlagen = Swedish skarlakan (the forms in D. G. Danish Swedish simulating Dutch laken, Middle High German lachen, English lake, a linen cloth) = Icelandic skarlat, skallat, from Old French escarlate, French écarlate = Provencal escarlat = Spanish Portuguese escarlata = Italian scarlatto, formerly scarlato = Old Bulgarian skrŭlato = Servian skerlet, shkrlet = Turkish iskerlat = New Greek σκαρλάτον, from Middle Latin scarlatum, scarlet, a cloth of a scarlet color, from Persian saqalāt, siqalāt, suqlāt, scarlet cloth, later saqlātūn, saqlātīn, scarlet cloth; cf. suqlāt (in the Punjab trade), broadcloth, used for banners, robes, quilts, leggings, housings, pavilions, etc.; cf. Arabic saqarlat, a warm woolen cloth, siqlāt, fine painted or figured cloth, a canopy over a litter; cf. Telugu sakalāti, sakalātu, woolen or broadcloth. From the Persian saqlātūn was prob. ult. derived in part the Middle English ciclatoun: see ciclaton.
  2. from scarlet, adjective
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ˈskɑrlɛt/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about once a month.

Recently looked up

wrecking · pinnace · considerable · hen · pave

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

eu oi oìa u ou e u oìa · the octopi are dry · Kansas City · spell it rite · put it in your pocket