Hypertext Webster Gateway: "harlequinade"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Harlequinade \Har"le*quin*ade`\, n. [F. arleguinade.]
A play or part of play in which the harlequin is conspicuous;
the part of a harlequin. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
harlequinade
n : acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: {buffoonery}, {clowning},
{frivolity}, {prank}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.