scarlet
adjective
[ ˈskɑːlɪt ]
• of a brilliant red colour.
• "a mass of scarlet berries"
scarlet
noun
• a brilliant red colour.
• "papers lettered in scarlet and black"
Origin:
Middle English (originally denoting any brightly coloured cloth): shortening of Old French escarlate, from medieval Latin scarlata, via Arabic and medieval Greek from late Latin sigillatus ‘decorated with small images’, from sigillum ‘small image’.
