scarlet letter
scarlet letter
nounDefinition of SCARLET LETTER
: a scarlet A worn as a punitive mark of adultery
Origin of SCARLET LETTER
from such a letter in the novel The Scarlet Letter (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne
First Known Use: 1850
Rhymes with SCARLET LETTER
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