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harlequinade

N ละคร ตลก บท ของ ตัวละคร ตลก

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HARLEQUINADE

Har "le *quin *ade `, n. Etym: [F. arleguinade.]

Defn: A play or part of play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin. Macaulay.

New American Oxford Dictionary

harlequinade

har le quin ade |ˌhärlik (w )əˈnād ˌhɑrləkwəˈneɪd | ▶noun historical the section of a traditional pantomime in which Harlequin played a leading role. • dated a piece of buffoonery. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French arlequinade, from (h )arlequin (see harlequin ).

Oxford Dictionary

harlequinade

harlequinade |ˌhɑːlɪkwɪˈneɪd | ▶noun 1 historical the section of a traditional pantomime in which Harlequin played a leading role. 2 dated a piece of foolish or ridiculous behaviour. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French arlequinade, from ( h )arlequin (see harlequin ).