Harlequin
English Meaning
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.
- A conventional buffoon of the commedia dell'arte, traditionally presented in a mask and parti-colored tights.
- A clown; a buffoon.
- Having a pattern of brightly colored diamond shapes.