"red-letter" meaning in All languages combined

See red-letter on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} red-letter (not comparable)
  1. Particularly significant or positive. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-red-letter-en-adj-vvA16CoW

Verb [English]

Forms: red-letters [present, singular, third-person], red-lettering [participle, present], red-lettered [participle, past], red-lettered [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Related terms: red letter, Red-Letter Christian, red letter day, rubric
    Sense id: en-red-letter-en-verb-S5PPQXo3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 99

Inflected forms

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