scarlet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
    orange red; vermilion.
  2. adjective satellite of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
    reddish; cherry; crimson; blood-red; cerise; cherry-red; carmine; ruby-red; ruby; red; ruddy.

WordNet

Scar"let noun
Etymology
OE. scarlat, scarlet, OF. escarlate, F. écarlate (cf. Pr. escarlat, escarlata, Sp. & Pg. escarlata, It. scarlatto, LL. scarlatum), from Per. sakirlat.
Definitions
  1. A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, -- of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color.
  2. Cloth of a scarlet color.
    All her household are clothed with scarlet. Prov. xxxi. 21.
Scar"let adjective
Definitions
  1. Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.
Scar"let transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To dye or tinge with scarlet. R.
    The ashy paleness of my cheek Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath. Ford.

Webster 1913