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Harlequin
Meaning
Noun
●
A
pantomime
fool
,
typically
dressed
in
colorful
checkered
clothes.
●
A greenish-chartreuse color.
●
A
harlequin
duck.
●
In Entomology:
Any of various
riodinid
butterflies
of the
genera
Taxila and Praetaxila.
Adj
●
Brightly
colored
, especially in a
pattern
like that
of a
harlequin
clown's clothes.
●
Of a greenish-chartreuse color.
Verb
●
To
remove
or
conjure
away
,
as if
by a harlequin's trick.
●
To make
sport
by
playing
ludicrous
tricks.
Name
●
The
best-known
of the
zanni
or
comic
servant
characters
from the Italian
commedia
dell'arte, associated with the
city
of Bergamo.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
harlequin
English
hellekijn
Middle Dutch (ca. 1050-1350)
Sourced from
Etym
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