red-letter
English
[edit]Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]red-letter (not comparable)
- Particularly significant or positive.
Verb
[edit]red-letter (third-person singular simple present red-letters, present participle red-lettering, simple past and past participle red-lettered)
- (transitive) To mark or strike with red letters (a person or an object) for particular attention.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “red-letter”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.