/klar"it/ , n.
1. the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
2. a similar wine made elsewhere.
3. Also called claret red . a deep purplish red.
4. Slang. blood.
adj.
5. deep purplish-red.
[ 1350-1400; ME claret, cleret, alter., by suffix substitution, of OF claré wine mixed with honey and herbs or spices claratum, equiv. to L clar ( us ) CLEAR + -atus -ATE 1 ]