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harlequin

H`ARLEQUIN, n. A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, like a merry-andrew, to divert the populace. This character was first introduced into Italian comedy, but is now a standing character in English pantomime entertainments.

H`ARLEQUIN, v.i. To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.




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H`ARLEQUIN, n. A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, like a merry-andrew, to divert the populace. This character was first introduced into Italian comedy, but is now a standing character in English pantomime entertainments.

H`ARLEQUIN, v.i. To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.


HAR'LE-QUIN, n. [Fr. harlequin, a buffoon; It. arlecchino; Sp. arlequin; Arm. harliqin, furluqin, a juggler. I know not the origin of this word. It has been suggested that the last component part of the word is from the Gothic, Sw. leka, to play, and a story is told about a comedian who frequented the house of M. de Harley, but I place no reliance on these suggestions.]

A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, like a merry-andrew, to divert the populace. This character was first introduced into Italian comedy, but is now a standing character in English pantomime entertainments. Encyc. [Boundless and mad, disorder'd rhyme was seen; / Disguis'd Apollo chang'd to Harlequin. Boileau's Art of Poetry; English Translation of his Works, Lond. 1712, vol. i. p. 89. – E. H. B.]


HAR'LE-QUIN, v.i.

To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.


Har"le*quin
  1. A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy.

    Percy Smith.

    As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters. Johnson.

    Harlequin bat (Zoöl.), an Indian bat (Scotophilus ornatus), curiously variegated with white spots. -- Harlequin beetle (Zoöl.), a very large South American beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) having very long legs and antennæ. The elytra are curiously marked with red, black, and gray. -- Harlequin cabbage bug. (Zoöl.) See Calicoback. -- Harlequin caterpillar. (Zoöl.), the larva of an American bombycid moth (Euchætes egle) which is covered with black, white, yellow, and orange tufts of hair. -- Harlequin duck (Zoöl.), a North American duck (Histrionicus histrionicus). The male is dark ash, curiously streaked with white. -- Harlequin moth. (Zoöl.) See Magpie Moth. -- Harlequin opal. See Opal. -- Harlequin snake (Zoöl.), a small, poisonous snake (Elaps fulvius), ringed with red and black, found in the Southern United States.

  2. To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
  3. To remove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.

    And kitten, if the humor hit
    Has harlequined away the fit.
    M. Green.

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