harlequin

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(Tiyatro) İtalyan komedya sanatında(ıtalian Commedia dell'arte) komik bir karakter, parlak renkli, elmas biçiminde desenli kıyafetler giyer
(Tiyatro) Harlequin İtalyan tiyatrosunun en bilinen soytarısı ve Commedia dell'Artenin komik karakteridir. Yüzü önceleri siyah olarak gösterilmiştir ve ismi "Arlecchino" 1611 sonrası "Harlequin" olarak değiştirilmiştir
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a pantomime fool, typically dressed in checkered clothes

were certainly the worst and dullest company into which an audience was ever introduced; and (which was a secret known to few) were actually intended so to be, in order to contrast the comic part of the entertainment, and to display the tricks of harlequin to the better advantage.

brightly coloured, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes
{v} to play odd and amusing tricks
{i} clown, fool, jester
You use harlequin to describe something that has a lot of different colours, often in a diamond pattern. the striking harlequin floor. a character in some traditional plays who wears brightly coloured clothes and plays tricks (arlecchino, from early Helquin name of an evil spirit). a harlequin pattern is made up of diamond shapes in many different colours. Principal stock character of the Italian commedia dell'arte. In the 16th century he was a wily, unscrupulous comic servant, but by the early 17th century he was a faithful valet involved in amorous exploits. His costume of peasant clothes covered with coloured patches developed into a tight-fitting costume decorated with bright triangles and diamond shapes. He carried a batte, or slapstick, and wore a black half-mask. In mid-18th-century England Harlequin was portrayed by John Rich in dance pantomimes (see mime and pantomime). He was also the principal character of the slapstick form known as a harlequinade in England and elsewhere
A type of coloring pattern that is patchy, usually black on a white background
a pantomime clown, typically dressed in checkered clothes
is the rarest of all patterns of black opal showing a quilt of small blocks of colour in every shade of the rainbow It is often said to be the rarest gemstone on earth
brightly coloured, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clowns clothes
To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks
To remove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick
a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte) variegate with spots or marks; "His face was harlequined with patches
Quartz from Brandberg that contains red dots or streaks of Hematite Said to bring a light-hearted, cheerful energy
A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy
variegate with spots or marks; "His face was harlequined with patches"
a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)

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harlequin

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    har·le·quin

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    härlıkwın

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    /ˈhärləkwən/ /ˈhɑːrləkwən/

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    () From Middle Dutch hellekijn (“little hell”), then in French hellequin and in Italian Arlecchino, the name of a popular servant character in commedia dell'arte plays from Old French *Harlequin, Halequin, Herlequin, Hellequin (“a demon, malevolent spirit”) ultimately from Middle English Herleking from Old English Herla Cyning (“King Herla”), a mythical figure identified with Woden.