The meaning of Harlequin

adjective

Having a pattern consisting of alternating squares of different colours.

Usage examples:

A blue and white chequered tablecloth

verb

Divide into or mark with an arrangement of squares of different colour or character.

Usage examples:

Sunlight fell through the trees, chequering the stones

adjective

Having had both successful and unsuccessful periods in your past

Usage examples:

He's had a chequered business career., red and white chequered tablecloths

adjective

Having much or varied colour; bright.

Usage examples:

A colourful array of fruit

adjective

Having bright colours or a lot of different colours

Usage examples:

A colourful painting, colourful costumes, a colourful character, the town, of course, has a very co…

adjective

Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement.

Usage examples:

His unique brand of droll self-mockery

noun

A jester or entertainer; a buffoon.

Usage examples:

When english replaced cornish as the language of cornwall, the drolls' stories began to die out as …

adjective

Amusing in an unusual way

Usage examples:

I always loved his droll sense of humor.

adjective

Of, resembling, or in the style of jazz.

Usage examples:

A jazzy piano solo

adjective

Exciting or showy

Usage examples:

A jazzy tie/dress, there’s a jazzy quality to her voice.

noun

A professional joker or ‘fool’ at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock sceptre.

Usage examples:

The gray-furred child laughed, cavorting around the confused guards like a court jester in a mediev…

noun

(in earlier times) a man whose job was to tell jokes and make people laugh

Usage examples:

A court jester

noun

A person who is fond of joking.

Usage examples:

But the joke is on the joker, as any toddler could have told him.

adjective

Having complex patterns of colours; multicoloured.

Usage examples:

Kaleidoscopic diamond patterns

adjective

Quickly changing from one thing to another

adjective

Incongruously varied in appearance or character; disparate.

Usage examples:

A motley crew of discontents and zealots

noun

An incongruous mixture.

Usage examples:

A motley of interacting interest groups

adjective

Consisting of many different types, parts, or colors that do not seem to belong together

Usage examples:

A motley crew of educators and students gathered at the seminar.

adjective

Having several or many different colours

Usage examples:

The store has a range of multicolour fabrics to choose from., you don't have to design complicated …

adjective

Having many colours.

Usage examples:

These squares are planted with vegetables of contrasting colours, which gives the impression of a m…

adjective

Having many different colours

Usage examples:

Multicoloured fish, a multicoloured scarf

adjective

Of two or more or of varying colours; multicoloured.

Usage examples:

Patterned polychromatic brickwork

adjective

Involving or producing light in all colors

adjective

Relating to or denoting drugs (especially lsd) that produce hallucinations and apparent expansion of consciousness.

Usage examples:

Psychedelic drugs

noun

A psychedelic drug.

Usage examples:

Our intuition tells us that using drugs use such as heroin, cocaine, psychedelics, hashish, and eve…

adjective

Causing unusually strong experiences of color, sound, smell, taste, and touch, and other mental effects such as feelings of deep understanding or hallucination (= imagining things that do not exist)

noun

An arch of colours visible in the sky, caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere. the colours of the rainbow are generally said to be red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

Usage examples:

All the colours of the rainbow

adjective

Consisting of several different colours.

Usage examples:

The varicoloured light from the lanterns

adjective

Exhibiting different colours, especially as irregular patches or streaks.

Usage examples:

Variegated yellow bricks

verb

Alter in appearance, especially by adding different colours.

Usage examples:

The designer can variegate the object's colour and physical character as needed

adjective

Having a pattern of different colours or marks

Usage examples:

Variegated leaves, a variegated plant

adjective

Amusingly unconventional and idiosyncratic.

Usage examples:

His zany humour

noun

A zany person.

Usage examples:

We are looking for the zany, the serious, the artistic and ridiculous.