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Definition scarlet

Etymology

From Middle English scarlet, scarlat, borrowed from Old French escarlate (“a type of cloth”), from Medieval Latin scarlatum (“scarlet cloth”). This was long thought to derive from Persian ??????‎ (saqerlât, “a warm woollen cloth”), but the Persian word (first attested in the 1290s) is now thought to be from Arabic ?????????‎ (siqill?t), denoting very expensive, luxury silks dyed scarlet-red using the exceptionally expensive dye, first attested around the ninth century. The origin of the word siqill?t is itself uncertain and may come from the Late Roman term sigillatus (Latin)/?????????? (Greek), denoting a kind of cloth decorated with patterns (from Latin sigillum 'seal'). The word then came to be used of woollen cloth dyed with the same dye. The most obvious route for the Arabic word siqill?t to have entered the Romance languages would be via the Arabic-speaking Iberian region of Al-Andalus, particularly Almería, where kermes was produced extensively.

Noun

scarlet (plural scarlets)

1. A bright red, slightly orange colour.
2. Cloth of a scarlet color.

Adjective

scarlet (comparative more scarlet, superlative most scarlet)

1. Of a bright red colour.
2. Sinful or whorish.

Verb

scarlet (third-person singular simple present scarlets, present participle scarleting, simple past and past participle scarleted)

1. To dye or tinge with scarlet.

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