Defenition of the word harlequin

• Defenition of the word harlequin

  • The most popular of the zanni or comic servant characters from the Italian Commedia dell'Arte.
  • a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
  • variegate with spots or marks; "His face was harlequined with patches"
  • a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell''arte)
  • variegate with spots or marks

Hypernyms for the word harlequin

• • buffoon
  • cloud
  • clown
  • dapple
  • goof
  • goofball
  • merry andrew
  • mottle

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