Definition of scarlet woman in English:
scarlet woman
nounˌskɑːlɪt ˈwʊmənˌskɑrlət ˈwʊmən
dated, humorous A woman who is notorious for having many casual sexual encounters or relationships.
I will not consent to be portrayed in the press as a scarlet woman!
Example sentencesExamples
- Cinderella's stylish godmother is a bit of a scarlet woman and definitely had a very good war.
- They were clearly hoping that perhaps they would learn some interesting gossip about this obviously scarlet woman being entertained in the Whitman household.
- Then there is Kellie, cast as the scarlet woman.
- For most people, the death penalty for adultery sounds too much like Arabic laws that call for stoning scarlet women.
- Having been told that she was a scarlet woman who had brought the name of the House of Windsor into disrepute, Margaret decided to behave like one.
- ‘I really was the scarlet woman all those years ago,’ she said.
- And instead of feeling like a scarlet woman I felt excited and almost as though I was given a new lease on life.
- There I was, an innocent auburn-haired kid and in walks this scarlet woman who introduced me to heroin and pre-marital sex.
- What was notable in tonight's BBC special was the horror felt by women scholars that ‘their’ Mary Magdalene could possibly have been a rehabilitated scarlet woman.
- I was only a year a widow and my landlady was advised to get rid of me, because I was a kind of scarlet woman.
Origin
Early 19th century: in early use mainly as a derogatory reference to the Roman Catholic Church, identified (by some Protestant interpreters) with the symbolic biblical figure of ‘the great whore’, described as a woman in scarlet and purple robes (Revelation 17).
Definition of scarlet woman in US English:
scarlet woman
nounˌskärlət ˈwo͝omənˌskɑrlət ˈwʊmən
dated, humorous A woman who is notorious for having many casual sexual encounters or relationships.
I will not consent to be portrayed in the press as a scarlet woman!
Example sentencesExamples
- What was notable in tonight's BBC special was the horror felt by women scholars that ‘their’ Mary Magdalene could possibly have been a rehabilitated scarlet woman.
- Having been told that she was a scarlet woman who had brought the name of the House of Windsor into disrepute, Margaret decided to behave like one.
- Cinderella's stylish godmother is a bit of a scarlet woman and definitely had a very good war.
- And instead of feeling like a scarlet woman I felt excited and almost as though I was given a new lease on life.
- For most people, the death penalty for adultery sounds too much like Arabic laws that call for stoning scarlet women.
- I was only a year a widow and my landlady was advised to get rid of me, because I was a kind of scarlet woman.
- There I was, an innocent auburn-haired kid and in walks this scarlet woman who introduced me to heroin and pre-marital sex.
- Then there is Kellie, cast as the scarlet woman.
- They were clearly hoping that perhaps they would learn some interesting gossip about this obviously scarlet woman being entertained in the Whitman household.
- ‘I really was the scarlet woman all those years ago,’ she said.
Origin
Early 19th century: in early use mainly as a derogatory reference to the Roman Catholic Church, identified (by some Protestant interpreters) with the symbolic biblical figure of ‘the great whore’, described as a woman in scarlet and purple robes (Revelation 17).