[scar.let] n [ME scarlat, scarlet, fr. OF or ML; OF escarlate, fr. ML scarlata, fr. Per saqalat, a kind of rich cloth] (13c) 1: scarlet cloth or clothes
2: any of various bright reds
[2]scarlet adj (14c) 1: of the color scarlet
2. a: grossly and glaringly offensive "sinning in flagrant and ~ fashion --G. W. Johnson" b [fr. the use of the word in Isa 1:18 & Rev 17:1-6 (AV)]: of, characterized by, or associated with sexual immorality "a ~ woman"