Associations to the word «Harlequin»

Pictures for the word «Harlequin»

Wiktionary

HARLEQUIN, noun. A pantomime fool, typically dressed in checkered clothes
HARLEQUIN, noun. A yellowish-green color.
HARLEQUIN, adjective. Brightly coloured, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes
HARLEQUIN, adjective. Of a yellowish-green
HARLEQUIN, verb. (transitive) To remove or conjure away, as if by a harlequin's trick.
HARLEQUIN, verb. (intransitive) To make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
HARLEQUIN BUG, noun. A bright red and black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, a common pest of cabbages and related crops in North America
HARLEQUIN BUG, noun. (AU) A red and black true bug in the family Pyrrhocoridae, Dindymus versicolor, known as a common garden pest in parts of Australia
HARLEQUIN BUGS, noun. Plural of harlequin bug
HARLEQUIN CABBAGE BUG, noun. A bright red and black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, a common pest of cabbages and related crops in North America
HARLEQUIN CABBAGE BUGS, noun. Plural of harlequin cabbage bug
HARLEQUIN DUCK, noun. A North American wild duck, Histrionicus histrionicus.
HARLEQUIN DUCKS, noun. Plural of harlequin duck

Dictionary definition

HARLEQUIN, noun. A clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte).
HARLEQUIN, verb. Variegate with spots or marks; "His face was harlequined with patches".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca