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HARLEQUIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("harlequin" is a kind of...):

buffoon; clown; goof; goofball; merry andrew (a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Variegate with spots or marks

Example:

His face was harlequined with patches

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "harlequin" is one way to...):

cloud; dapple; mottle (colour with streaks or blotches of different shades)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

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