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scarlet ['skɑ:lət]2 nounécarlate f►► Medicine scarlet fever (UNCOUNT) scarlatine f;Ornithology scarlet ibis ibis m rouge;Botany scarlet pimpernel mouron m rouge;Ornithology scarlet tanager tangara m rouge;ⓘ The Scarlet Pimpernel Le Mouron rouge est le titre français du roman de la Baronne Orczy The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905), ainsi que le surnom de Sir Percy Blakeney, qui en est le personnage principal. L'histoire se déroule pendant la Révolution française et Blakeney, qui est passé maître dans l'art du déguisement, aide des membres de l'aristocratie française à s'enfuir en Angleterre. Il parvient toujours à échapper à ses poursuivants, comme en témoigne le passage suivant: They seek him here, they seek him there, Those Frenchies seek him everywhere, Is he in Heaven or is he in Hell?, That damned elusive pimpernel ("les Français le cherchent partout mais jamais ne l'attrapent, est-il au ciel ou en enfer, ce sacré mouron rouge?"). Aujourd'hui on utilise cette citation (ou simplement le terme Scarlet Pimpernel) sur le ton de la plaisanterie à propos de quelqu'un d'introuvable ou avec qui il est particulièrement difficile d'entrer en contact.
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scarlet woman — n old fashioned a woman who has sexual relationships with many different people … Dictionary of contemporary English
scarlet woman — noun count OLD FASHIONED a woman who has sex with a lot of men … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
scarlet woman — This idiom is used as a pejorative term for a sexually promiscuous woman, especially an adulteress … The small dictionary of idiomes
scarlet woman — ► NOUN ▪ a notoriously promiscuous or immoral woman … English terms dictionary
scarlet woman — 1. a sexually promiscuous woman, esp. a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery. 2. a symbol of pagan Rome or, opprobriously, of the church of Rome. Rev. 17:1 6. [1810 20] * * * scarlet woman noun 1. The woman referred to in the Bible… … Useful english dictionary
scarlet woman — a prostitute The woman arrayed in purple and scarlet colour...THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS [Revelations, 17.4/5), whence any adulteress: The Colonel evidently objected to its presence in his house at the same time as his Scarlet Woman. (Sharpe … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
scarlet woman — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms scarlet woman : singular scarlet woman plural scarlet women old fashioned showing disapproval a woman who has sex with a lot of men … English dictionary
(a) scarlet woman — old fashioned a woman who people think is morally bad because she has sex with a lot of men. She was labelled a scarlet woman and excluded from polite society … New idioms dictionary
scarlet woman — Synonyms and related words: B girl, Cyprian, Paphian, call girl, daughter of joy, erring sister, fallen woman, fille de joie, harlot, hooker, hustler, meretrix, painted woman, poule, prostitute, stew, streetwalker, unfortunate woman, white slave … Moby Thesaurus
scarlet woman — 1. a sexually promiscuous woman, esp. a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery. 2. a symbol of pagan Rome or, opprobriously, of the church of Rome. Rev. 17:1 6. [1810 20] * * * … Universalium
scarlet woman — noun a) A woman who is known for behaving in an adulterous manner. b) A woman believed to be an adulterer … Wiktionary