📚 Harlequin, noun. 🔉 /ˈhɑːlɪkwɪn/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: (also Harlequin) a mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond-patterned costume. ❗️ Examples: 1. Canio's character, Pagliaccio, catches his wife with the young Harlequin, played by the troupe's junior member, Beppe. 2. He mimed adults sneaking stares at him from behind menus in restaurants, little kids brazenly trying to pull off his harlequin's mask, or drivers doing double-takes as they passed in cars. 3. With a photocopied handout of a leering harlequin she explained the different shapes and colors that worked best. 4. The harlequin threw the baton over the translucent material, diving underneath and emerging on the other side to catch the silver rod, to gasps of awe from the spectators. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic