harlequin
Meaning of harlequin
- a mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond-patterned costume.
- a small duck of fast-flowing streams around the Arctic and North Pacific, the male having mainly grey-blue plumage with bold white markings.
adjective
in varied colours; variegated.
late 16th century: from obsolete French, from earlier Herlequin (or Hellequin ), the name of the leader of a legendary troop of demon horsemen; perhaps ultimately related to Old English Herla cyning ‘King Herla’, a mythical figure sometimes identified with Woden.
Information about harlequin
- The plural form of harlequin is: harlequins.
- Languages in which harlequin is used:
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Hyphenation of harlequin
har-le-quin
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- harlequin is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
harlequin synonyms
Meaning a professional joker or ‘fool’ at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock sceptre:
Meaning a person who is fond of joking:
Meaning a jester or entertainer; a buffoon:
Meaning a zany person:
Meaning consisting of several different colours:
Meaning (of a plant or foliage) having or consisting of leaves that are edged or patterned in a second colour, especially white as well as green:
Meaning an arch of colours visible in the sky, caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere. The colours of the rainbow are generally said to be:
Meaning of, resembling, or in the style of jazz:
Meaning having complex patterns of colours; multicoloured:
Meaning relating to or denoting drugs (especially LSD) that produce hallucinations and apparent expansion of consciousness:
Meaning of two or more or of varying colours; multicoloured:
Meaning (of clothing) made up of a variety of colours:
harlequin antonyms
Meaning not decorated or elaborate; simple or basic in character:
Translation of harlequin
- German: Harlekin
- Spanish: arlequín
- French: arlequin
- Italian: arlecchino
Words that rhyme with harlequin
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