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