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Harlequin
Harlequin definition
Har·lequin (här′li kwin, -kin)
noun
- a traditional comic character in pantomime, who wears a mask and spangled, diamond-patterned tights of many colors and sometimes carries a wooden wand or sword
- a clown; buffoon
Etymology: Fr harlequin, arlequin < OFr hierlekin, hellequin, demon: Fr sense & form infl. by It arlecchino < same OFr source
adjective
- comic; ludicrous
- of many colors; colorful
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