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1. (n.) harlequin
(often cap.) a comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usu. masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand.
2. harlequin
a buffoon.
3. (adj.) harlequin
fancifully colorful.
Etymology: (1580–90; < F, MF (h)arlequin < It arlecchino < OF *harlequin, halequin a malevolent spirit, prob. < ME *Herla king, OE *Her(e)la cyning King Herle, presumably a legendary figure, rendered in AL as Herla rex)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) harlequin
a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
2. (verb) harlequin
variegate with spots or marks
"His face was harlequined with patches"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Harlequin
a buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy
2. Harlequin
to play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks
3. (verb) Harlequin
toremove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Harlequin
a character in a Christmas pantomime, in love with Columbine, presumed to be invisible, and deft at tricks to frustrate those of the clown, who is his rival lover.
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