Usually means: Comic theatrical sketch with clowns.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word harlequinade:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. harlequinade: Merriam-Webster
  2. harlequinade: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. harlequinade: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. harlequinade: Collins English Dictionary
  5. harlequinade: Vocabulary.com
  6. Harlequinade, harlequinade: Wordnik
  7. harlequinade: Wiktionary
  8. harlequinade: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. harlequinade: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Harlequinade, harlequinade: Dictionary.com
  11. Harlequinade (Rattigan), Harlequinade (ballet), Harlequinade: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Harlequinade: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. harlequinade: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. harlequinade: Rhymezone
  15. harlequinade: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. harlequinade: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Harlequinade: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. harlequinade: FreeDictionary.org

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  1. harlequinade: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (harlequinade)

▸ noun:  A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown.
▸ noun:  Any comical or fantastical procedure or playfulness.

Similar:
prank, clowning, buffoonery, frivolity, pantomime, pantomimery, panto, charade, pantaloonery, annual, more...

Opposite:
tragedy, drama, seriousness

Adjectives:
wild, satirical, english, such, curst, modern, childish, whole, italian, magnificent, century

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Similar:
prank, clowning, buffoonery, frivolity, pantomime, pantomimery, panto, charade, pantaloonery, annual, more...

Opposite:
tragedy, drama, seriousness

Adjectives:
wild, satirical, english, such, curst, modern, childish, whole, italian, magnificent, century



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