Harlequinade

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A comedy or pantomime in which Harlequin is the main attraction.
  • n. Farcical clowning or buffoonery.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown.
  • n. Any comical or fantastical procedure or playfulness.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A play or part of a play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A kind of pantomime; that part of a pantomime which follows the transformation of characters, and in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts; hence, buffoonery; a fantastic procedure.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. acting like a clown or buffoon
    • Hypernym
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