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scarlet

[skahr-lit] / ˈskɑr lɪt /




NOUN
carmine
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Then she’s back, her scarlet blazer and marbled scarf bright against the white walls.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

In the film, Huppert's countess character returns to life in a scarlet red funeral barge sailing into in the Seegrotte, an underground Viennese lake popular with tourists.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Her prose is exact and exquisite, as when describing Clare: “The soft white face, the bright hair, the disturbing scarlet mouth, the dreaming eyes, the caressing smile, the whole torturing loveliness.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

This region shelters not only migratory songbirds but also jaguars, tapirs, and scarlet macaws.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

There were no objections to C.P.’s elevation at the next meeting and so he donned the scarlet robe and repeated the sacred oath of leadership.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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