scarlet

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A brilliant red colour sometimes tinged with orange.

   “Biblical criteria of sexual seductiveness include a white skin, black hair, or henna-dyed, scarlet lips, a prominent nose, rosy temples, long straight neck, firm breasts, round thighs, an erect posture.”

2. (countable, uncountable)Cloth of a scarlet color.

   “All her household are clothed with scarlet.”

adj

1. Of a bright red colour.

   “Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.”

2. Sinful or whorish.

   “a scarlet woman”

3. (Ireland)Blushing; embarrassed or mortified.

   “He signed off our correspondence, “Well thank God for facemasks, cos I’m scarlet”.”

verb

1. (transitive)To dye or tinge (something) with scarlet.

   “Forbeare; the aſhy paleneſſe of my cheeke / Is ſcarletted in ruddy flakes of vvrath: […]”

name

1. A female given name from English, a modern variant of Scarlett, or from the common noun scarlet.

   “It's not just Ribbons either. It's - get ready for this - Scarlet Ribbons. From an old Harry Belafonte record my mom had when she was about ten or something. When she grew up she was going to have a little girl and call her Scarlet Ribbons.”