Scarlet Day

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Scarlet Day (plural Scarlet Days)

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