HARLEQUIN

Harlequin

Harlequin is the most popularly known of the zanni or comic servant characters from the Italian Commedia dell'arte and its descendant, the Harlequinade. The Harlequin is also known to be a type of clown.

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harlequin

Noun

  1. a pantomime fool, typically dressed in checkered clothes

Verb

  1. To remove or conjure away, as if by a harlequin's trick.
  2. To make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.

Adjective

harlequin

  1. brightly coloured, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes


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