If your little sister seems fascinated by the harlequin character in the play you're watching together, it might be because of the brightly colored, diamond patterned tights he's wearing. A harlequin is a classic comic pantomime character.
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.
Noun
a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell''arte)
Verb
variegate with spots or marks; "His face was harlequined with patches"
n.
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.
n. i.
To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous
tricks.
v. t.
Toremove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.
Harlequin
As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters.
Harlequin
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And kitten,if the humor hit Has harlequined away the fit.
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.
To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
Toremove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.
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