n.
Function: adjective
Date: 14th century
1 : of the color scarlet
2 a : grossly and glaringly offensive <sinning in flagrant and scarlet fashion ― G. W. Johnson> b [from the use of the word in Isa 1:18 & Rev 17:1-6(AV)] : of, characterized by, or associated with sexual immorality <a scarlet woman>