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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats