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scarlets

scarlets is the plural of scarlet.

scarlets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scarlet.

Meaning of scarlet

Noun

scarlet (countable and uncountable, plural scarlets)

  1. 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.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 219
  2. Cloth of a scarlet color.
    • All her household are clothed with scarlet.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 31:21

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Proper noun capitalized: Scarlets

Scarlets

  1. (plural) plural of Scarlet

Questions about scarlets

What is scarlets the plural of?
Scarlets is the plural of scarlet.
What part of speech is scarlets?
Scarlets is a proper noun.

Words near scarlets in the dictionary

  1. scarleteers
  2. scarleting
  3. scarletish
  4. scarletly
  5. scarletness
  6. scarlets
  7. Scarlett
  8. Scarlette
  9. Scarletts
  10. scarletwork
  11. scarlety

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