harlequin

Meanings

Noun

Adjective

  • Brightly colored, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes.
  • Of a greenish-chartreuse color.

Verb

Origin

  • or possibly to Old Frisian helle kin, Old English helle cyn, Old Norse heljar kyn. Related to Middle English Hurlewain.

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