HARLEQUIN
\hˈɑːlɪkwˌɪn], \hˈɑːlɪkwˌɪn], \h_ˈɑː_l_ɪ_k_w_ˌɪ_n]\
Definitions of HARLEQUIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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variegate with spots or marks; "His face was harlequined with patches"
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a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
By Princeton University
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variegate with spots or marks; "His face was harlequined with patches"
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a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The leading character in a pantomime, in a tight spangled dress, with a wand, by means of which he is supposed to be invisible and to play tricks: a buffoon.
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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