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Word: Scarlet
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
Middle English (originally denoting any brightly coloured cloth): shortening of Old French escarlate, from medieval Latin scarlata, via Arabic and medieval Greek from late Latin sigillatus ‘decorated with small images’, from sigillum ‘small image’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈskɑːlɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
of a brilliant red colour
Short Definition:of brilliant red colour
Examples:- a mass of scarlet berries
Word: Scarlet
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈskɑːlɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a brilliant red colour
Short Definition:brilliant red colour
Examples:- papers lettered in scarlet and black
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