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red-lettered

red-lettered is the simple past and past participle of red-letter.

Meaning of red-letter

Verb

red-letter (third-person singular simple present red-letters, present participle red-lettering, simple past and past participle red-lettered)

  1. (transitive) To mark or strike with red letters (a person or an object) for particular attention.

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Questions about red-lettered

What is red-lettered the simple past and past participle of?
Red-lettered is the simple past and past participle of red-letter.

Words near red-lettered in the dictionary

  1. Red-Letter Christians
  2. red-letter day
  3. red-letter days
  4. red-letter edition
  5. red-letter editions
  6. red-lettered
  7. red-lettering
  8. red-letters
  9. red-light camera
  10. red-light cameras
  11. red-light district

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Adapted from Wiktionary: red-lettered (page history and authors); red-letter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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