SCARLET LETTER


Meaning of SCARLET LETTER in English

Function: noun

Etymology: from such a letter in the novel The Scarlet Letter (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Date: 1850

: a scarlet A worn as a punitive mark of adultery

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.