Harlequin

[Har·le*quin]

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.

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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

Har"le*quin , n. [F. arlequin,formerly written also harlequin (cf. It, arlecchino), prob. fr. OF. hierlekin, hellequin, goblin, elf, which is prob. of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. hel hell. Cf. Hell, Kin.] 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. Percy Smith.

As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters.

Harlequin bat (Zo'94l.), an Indian bat (Scotophilus ornatus), curiously variegated with white spots. -- Harlequin beetle (Zo'94l.), a very large South American beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) having very long legs and antenn'91. The elytra are curiously marked with red, black, and gray. -- Harlequin cabbage bug. (Zo'94l.) See Calicoback. -- Harlequin caterpillar. (Zo'94l.), the larva of an American bombycid moth (Euch'91tes egle) which is covered with black, white, yellow, and orange tufts of hair. -- Harlequin duck (Zo'94l.), a North American duck (Histrionicus histrionicus). The male is dark ash, curiously streaked with white. -- Harlequin moth. (Zo'94l.) See Magpie Moth. -- Harlequin opal. See Opal. -- Harlequin snake (Zo'94l.), a small, poisonous snake (Elaps fulvius), ringed with red and black, found in the Southern United States.

Harlequin

Har"le*quin , n. i. To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.

Harlequin

Har"le*quin, v. t. Toremove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.

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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