Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - scarlet
Scarlet
scarlet
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. Phrases and idioms scarlet 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. Etymology: ME f. OF escarlate: ult. orig. unkn.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English scarlat, ~, from Anglo-French e~, from Medieval Latin scarlata, from Persian saqalāt, a kind of rich cloth Date: 13th century ~ cloth or clothes, any of various bright reds, II. adjective Date: 14th century of the color ~, 2. grossly and glaringly offensive , of, characterized by, or associated with sexual immorality ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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