noun
Origin: Fr harlequin, arlequin < OFr hierlekin, hellequin, demon: Fr sense & form infl. by It arlecchino < same OFr source
adjective
See Harlequin in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Obsolete French
Origin: , from Old French Herlequin, Hellequin, a demon
Origin: , perhaps from Middle English *Herleking
Origin: , from Old English Herla cyning, King Herla, a mythical figure identified with Woden
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