red-letter

English

Etymology

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Adjective

red-letter (not comparable)

  1. Particularly significant or positive.

Verb

red-letter (third-person singular simple present red-letters, present participle red-lettering, simple past and past participle red-lettered)

  1. (transitive) To mark or strike with red letters (a person or an object) for particular attention.

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