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clar⋅et

  [klar-it]
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–noun
1. the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
2. a similar wine made elsewhere.
3. Also called claret red. a deep purplish red.
4. Slang. blood.
–adjective
5. deep purplish-red.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < AF, MF claret, cleret, alter., by suffix substitution, of OF claré wine mixed with honey and herbs or spices < ML clarātum, equiv. to L clār(us) clear + -ātus -ate 1
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Word Origin & History

claret 
1398, "light-colored wine," from O.Fr. (vin) claret "clear (wine), light-colored red wine," from L. clarus "clear." Meaning "red wine of Bordeaux" first attested 1700.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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