red-letter
red-letter is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Of or pertaining to a red letter; marked by red letters. Red- letter day, a day that is fortunate or auspicious; -- so called in allusion to the custom of marking holy days, or saints' days, in the old calendars with red letters.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- all
- amusement
- and
- anniversary
- arch
- artillery
- bed
- best
- bonfire
- breath
- breathing
- calf
- cease
- celebrate
- celebrated
- celebration
- ceremony
- cessation
- chair
- china
- comes
- commemorate
- commemoration
- commemorative
- coronation
- day
- diamond
- down
- drink
- ease
- easy
- ever
- fallow
- fanfare
- feast
- fete
- feu
- fiesta
- flourish
- flying
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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