Dictionary
scar•let
Pronunciation: (skär'lit), [key]—
n.
1. a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
2. cloth or clothing of this color.
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adj.
1. of the color scarlet.
2. flagrantly offensive:
Their sins were scarlet. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.