harlequin
/ˈhɑːlɪkwɪn//ˈhɑɹlɪkwɪn/
noun
- 1
A pantomime fool, typically dressed in checkered colorful clothes.
- 2
A greenish-chartreuse color.
- 3
A harlequin duck.
- 4
Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila.
verb
- 1
To remove or conjure away, as if by a harlequin's trick.
- 2
To make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
adjective
- 1
Brightly colored, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes.
- 2
Of a greenish-chartreuse color.
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