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harlequin

The correct spelling is harlequin.

How to pronounce harlequin

noun

IPA: /ˈhɑːlɪkwɪn/

Say it like: Har-lek-win

The correct spelling is harlequin. A pantomime fool, typically dressed in checkered colorful clothes.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A pantomime fool, typically dressed in checkered colorful clothes.
  2. 2.A greenish-chartreuse color.
  3. 3.A harlequin duck.
  4. 4.Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila.

verb

  1. 1.To remove or conjure away, as if by a harlequin's trick.
  2. 2.To make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.

adjective

  1. 1.Brightly colored, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes.
  2. 2.Of a greenish-chartreuse color.

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