Month 2 – Word of the day 24
Harlequin means (sometimes capital) ( theatre) a stock comic character originating in the commedia dell’arte; the foppish lover of Columbine in the English harlequinade. He is usually represented in diamond-patterned multicoloured tights, wearing a black mask or a clown or buffoon or varied in colour or decoration The word originated from Old French Herlequin, Hellequin, etc., leader of…