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Definition of Harlequin
1. Noun. A clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte).
2. Verb. Variegate with spots or marks. "His face was harlequined with patches"
Definition of Harlequin
1. n. 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.
2. v. i. To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
3. v. t. To remove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.
Definition of Harlequin
1. Noun. a pantomime fool, typically dressed in checkered clothes ¹
2. Adjective. brightly coloured, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To remove or conjure away, as if by a harlequin's trick. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Harlequin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Harlequin
Literary usage of Harlequin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early Opera in America by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck (1915)
"It lasted from September 24 to November 23, and the musical entertainments
presented were these: 1767, Oct. 9: Harlequin Restored. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1794)
"My Grandmother—The Children in the Wood—Harlequin ... 17. Love in a Village—Majd
of the Oaks. 28. Hamlet—Harlequin and ..."
3. Biographia Dramatica: Or, A Companion to the Playhouse: Containing by David Erskine Baker, Isaac Reed, Stephen Jones (1812)
"The music was composed by Dr. Arne, but it does not appear who was the contriver
of the pantomime ; in which, as usual, Harlequin is the favoured lover of ..."
4. Biographia Dramatica: Or, A Companion to the Playhouse: Containing by David Erskine Baker, Isaac Reed, Stephen Jones (1812)
"The music was composed by Dr. Arne, but it does not appear who was the contriver
of the pantomime; in which, as usual, Harlequin is the favoured lover of ..."
5. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1864)
"Harlequin—Human being! How handsome she is ! I begin to distrust myself. ...
Harlequin.—I dread you more than all the beasts of the wood. Columbine. ..."
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