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   harlequin

   /ˈhɑːlɪkwɪn/

   noun

   • 1. a mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond-patterned costume.
   • ▪ a stock comic character in Italian commedia dell'arte. historical
   • 2. a small duck of fast-flowing streams around the Arctic and North Pacific, the male having mainly grey-blue plumage with bold white markings.

   adjective

   • 1. in varied colours; variegated.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from obsolete French, from earlier Herlequin (or Hellequin), the name of the leader of a legendary troop of demon horsemen; perhaps ultimately related to Old English Herla cyning ‘King Herla’, a mythical figure sometimes identified with Woden.

   Scrabble Points: 21

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