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Rareharlequin
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.A pantomime fool, typically dressed in checkered colorful clothes.
- 2.A greenish-chartreuse color.
- 3.A harlequin duck.
- 4.Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila.
verb
- 1.To remove or conjure away, as if by a harlequin's trick.
- 2.To make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
adjective
- 1.Brightly colored, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes.
- 2.Of a greenish-chartreuse color.
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