Harlequinade

Word HARLEQUINADE
Character 12
Hyphenation har le quin ade
Pronunciations /hɑːləkwɪˈneɪd/

Definitions and meanings of "Harlequinade"

What do we mean by harlequinade?

A comedy or pantomime in which Harlequin is the main attraction. noun

Farcical clowning or buffoonery. noun

A kind of pantomime; that part of a pantomime which follows the transformation of characters, and in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts; hence, buffoonery; a fantastic procedure. noun

A play or part of a play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin. noun

A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown. noun

Any comical or fantastical procedure or playfulness. noun

Acting like a clown or buffoon noun

A pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown.

Any comical or fantastical procedure or playfulness.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Harlequinade

  • Synonyms for harlequinade
  • Harlequinade synonyms not found!!!
  • Antonyms for harlequinade
  • Harlequinade antonyms not found!

The word "harlequinade" in example sentences

[2] That is, as drawn on the backdrop at Sadlers 'Wells, a theatre then known for scenic effects because dedicated to pantomime, harlequinade and non-verbal theatrical performances. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the howling vacuum had opened up inside her again, with its endless vistas of nothingness and no return, the harlequinade of grasping, painted lovers. ❋ P. G. Sturges (2011)

[1] Sadlers 'Wells, a theatre then dedicated to pantomime, harlequinade and non-verbal theatrical performances. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And felt a shadow cross the harlequinade the harlequinade of his time. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Their lively, eclectic tastes animated all London theatres, and the legit stage began to appropriate gothic gruesomeness and the exoticism of distant lands from bestsellers; fabulous landscapes transformed, and violence stunted, from harlequinade extravaganzas; extreme emotion, terror and horror, from post-revolutionary Parisian showbiz. ❋ Vera Rule (2010)

At the last minute, the host decides to lighten things up by adding Zerbinetta and her Italian commedia dell'arte troupe to the program, and then, to save time, ordains that the opera and the harlequinade be combined. ❋ Judy Fayard (2010)

Why! suppose I possessed a theatrical wardrobe, would you venture to argue from that that I am in the frequent habit of wearing the trailing robes of tragedy, the saffron cloak of the mimic dance, or the patchwork suit of the harlequinade? ❋ Apuleius (2008)

It has been called 'a satirical harlequinade ', a burlesque, and is said to be about the nature of female power and whether such power can be achieved in real life or just exists in romantic fiction. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The dull drama of Reform turned into a joyous harlequinade, we had escaped the Fabian. ❋ Unknown (2008)

At the end of the harlequinade he sank down on one knee and kissed her hand. ❋ Unknown (2006)

He was, in Paul Potts's phrase, "Don Quixote on a Bicycle", the knight errant of fair play pedalling nobly through the "bloodstained harlequinade" of his age. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Two or three of the police instantly put their hands on Royce; but to the rest it seemed as if all reason had broken up and the universe were turning into a brainless harlequinade. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Then three together in a harlequinade of faded color, legs caked yellow with dust and sweat, faces expressionless, eyes heavy and endlessly tired. ❋ Unknown (2003)

All round him a macabre dance of shadows had reeled and flickered, and in and out of it Adam had picked his way, conscious only of one insistent need, percolating through to him from the world outside, of immediate escape from the scene upon which the bodiless harlequinade was played, into a third dimension beyond it. ❋ Waugh, Evelyn (1998)

Next to the flying control hut a lorry loaded with flares has caught fire and the flares explode all around up in a harlequinade of colors. ❋ Rudel, Hans-Ulrich (1973)

Presently a vehicle which had once been a London taxi but was now painted shocking pink and decorated with slogans arrived by the edge of the Bowl and disgorged a group which might have come from a quattrocento harlequinade. ❋ Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966. N 50021032-1 (1968)

Cross Reference for Harlequinade

What does harlequinade mean?

Best Free Book Reviews
Best IOS App Reviews