Sekirov Dictionary

harlequin

UK /ˈhɑːlɪkwɪn/US /ˈhɑɹlɪkwɪn/

noun4

  1. A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes, used as a stock character in commedia dell'arte and other genres.
  2. A greenish-chartreuse color.
  3. (informal) A harlequin duck.
  4. Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila.

adjective2

  1. Brightly colored, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes.
  2. Of a greenish-chartreuse color.

verb2

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

harlequined · harlequining · harlequins

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