Scarlet Day

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A religiously or academically significant day; one on which festal academic dress should be worn.

Word forms

Scarlet Day Scarlet Days

Etymology

From the colour of the adornments of festal robes at the University of Cambridge.

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