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harlequin
(hɑːʳlɪkwɪn)
adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You use harlequin to describe something that has a lot of different colours, often in a diamond pattern.
[written] ...the striking harlequin floor.
Synonyms: colourful, rainbow, psychedelic, variegated More Synonyms of harlequin
harlequin in British English
(ˈhɑːlɪkwɪn)
noun
1. (sometimes capital) theatre
a stock comic character originating in the commedia dell'arte; the foppish lover of Columbine in the English harlequinade. He is usually represented in diamond-patterned multicoloured tights, wearing a black mask
2.
a clown or buffoon
adjective
3.
varied in colour or decoration
4.
(of certain animals) having a white coat with irregular patches of black or other dark colour
harlequin Great Dane
5.
comic; ludicrous
Word origin
C16: from Old French Herlequin, Hellequin leader of band of demon horsemen, perhaps from Middle English Herle king (unattested) King Herle, mythical being identified with WodenHarlequin in American English
(ˈhɑrlɪkwɪn; ˈhɑrlɪkɪn)
noun
1.
a traditional comic character in pantomime, who wears a mask and spangled, diamond-patterned tights of many colors and sometimes carries a wooden wand or sword
2. [h-]
a clown; buffoon
adjective [h-]
3.
comic; ludicrous
4.
of many colors; colorful
Word origin
Fr harlequin, arlequin < OFr hierlekin, hellequin, demon: Fr sense & form infl. by It arlecchino < same OFr sourceImage ofharlequin
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Word lists withharlequin
Types of entertainer(adjective)
Definition
in varied colours
the striking harlequin floor
Synonyms
colourful
Everyone was dressed in colourful clothes.
rainbow
psychedelic
psychedelic patterns
variegated
variegated grey and green leaves
chequered
jazzy
multicoloured
a set of multicoloured umbrellas
kaleidoscopic
a kaleidoscopic set of bright images
many-coloured
polychromatic
varicoloured
Additional synonyms
in the sense of kaleidoscopic
a kaleidoscopic set of bright images
Synonyms
many-coloured,
multi-coloured,
harlequin,
psychedelic,
motley,
variegated,
prismatic,
varicoloured
in the sense of multicoloured
Definition
having many colours
a set of multicoloured umbrellas
Synonyms
kaleidoscopic,
colourful,
rainbow,
psychedelic,
motley,
jazzy,
pied,
multicolour,
many-coloured
in the sense of polychromatic
Definition
having many colours
Synonyms
multicoloured,
rainbow,
variegated,
polychrome,
many-coloured,
many-hued,
varicoloured,
of all the colours of the rainbow
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