| 单词 | harlequin |
| 释义 | harlequin —harlequinism, n. /hahr"leuh kwin, -kin/, n. 1. (often cap.) a comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usually masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand. 2. a buffoon. 3. any of various small snakes having bright diamond-pattern scales. adj. 4. fancifully varied in color, decoration, etc.: harlequin pants. 5. resembling a harlequin's mask: harlequin glasses. [1580-90; < F, MF (h)arlequin, semantically (and in part phonetically) < It arlecchino < MF, phonetically continuing OF *harlequin, halequin a malevolent spirit (Compare MESNIEE HELLEQUIN a troop of demonic horsemen, lit., Hellequin's escort), prob. < ME *Herla king, OE *Her(e)la cyning King Herle, presumably a legendary figure, rendered in AL as Herla rex; cf. OHG Herilo a personal name, deriv. of heri armed forces] |
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