scarlet

ˈskɑɹlɪt

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#1·8h ago

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.

Origin: From , scarlat, borrowed from , from , of uncertain origin. This was long thought to derive from , but the Persian word (first attested in the 1290s) is now thought to be from , denoting very expensive, luxury silks dyed scarlet-red using the exceptionally expensive dye, first attested around the ninth century. The most obvious route for the Arabic word siqillāt to have entered the Romance languages would be via the Arabic-speaking Iberian region of al-Andalus, particularly Almería, where kermes was produced extensively; compare especially the dialectal form سِقِرْلَاط. The word then came t. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·8h ago

Cloth of a scarlet color.

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.

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#3·8h ago

Of a bright red colour.

a scarlet woman

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