noun
Etymology: from the novel The Scarlet Letter (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne died 1864 American novelist
: a scarlet A worn as a punitive mark of adultery
noun
Etymology: from the novel The Scarlet Letter (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne died 1864 American novelist
: a scarlet A worn as a punitive mark of adultery
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012