ˈskɑ:lɪt n. & adj. --n. 1 a
brilliant red colour tinged
with orange. 2
clothes or
material of
this colour (dressed in scarlet). --adj. of a scarlet colour. øscarlet
fever an
infectious bacterial fever, affecting
esp.
children, with a scarlet rash. scarlet
hat RC
Ch. a cardinal's hat as a
symbol of rank. scarlet
pimpernel a
small annual wild plant, Anagallis arvensis, with small esp. scarlet flowers closing in
rainy or
cloudy weather:
also called
poor man's weather-glass. scarlet rash =
ROSEOLA 1. scarlet
runner 1 a runner
bean. 2 a scarlet-flowered
climber bearing this bean. scarlet
woman derog. a notoriously
promiscuous woman, a
prostitute. [ME f. OF escarlate: ult. orig. unkn.]