scarlet o'hara
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A glamorous or sophisticated woman, especially a Southern belle known for putting off worrying until "tomorrow".
Example Sentences
- "Bayanova had stories about Shaliapin, about Prince Obalensky, about famous Gypsy orchestras and the nightclubs of Monte Carlo. Later, her life was the tale of warfare, flight, repression, and odds. Loves lost, estates surrendered, Bayanova found herself the Scarlet O’Hara of Bucharest. She sang more than once for Ceausescu."
- "Tara was a fierce competitor and had been victorious in most of the party games. She was the Scarlet O'Hara of the party. Most of the guests were her friends, and she schmoozed like an assistant angling for a promotion."
- "Like many people, Linda has the Scarlett O'Hara approach to mindful eating: I'll think about that tomorrow. Who hasn't declared a plan to initiate change tomorrow, next week, or after some event happens? We often say such things simply to soothe ourselves."
- "By the time Iggy hit the Max's scene with a vengeance in 1971, Leee Black Childers - the Scarlet O'Hara of punk and Glam Rock, a Southern belle in red rock'n'roll shoes sporting a black leather jacket - and Cherry Vanilla, an Irish-Catholic deviationist, were effectively the New York emissaries for a musical phenomenon about to change the face of rock history, and the life and career of Jim Osterberg from Hicksville, USA."
- ""For the role of Roxanne, the Scarlet O'Hara of the 1980s, we have narrowed our choice down to one of five fabulous ladies. Please stand up, Ms. Rachel Evans.""
- "Do you have any advice for the Scarlet O'Haras among us?"
Etymology
Inflected Forms
Scarlet O'Haras (plural)