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Definition of Harlequin
1. Verb. Variegate with spots or marks. "His face was harlequined with patches"
2. Noun. A clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte).
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
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