Topic: COLOURS
| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | escarlate, from Medieval Latin scarlata, from Persian saqalat type of cloth |
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scar‧let

1CC bright red
2 British English if you go scarlet, your face becomes red, usually because you are embarrassed or angry [= blush]
—scarlet noun [uncountable]