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[Fr. arlequinade.] That part of a pantomime in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts; that part which fol lows the transformation scene; an extravaganza. "A wild, satirical harlequinade ."- Macaulay : E ays; Mad. D ' Arblay . *hăr-le-quin-er-ỹ, s. [Eng. harlequin; -ery.] Harlequinade, pantomime. "The French taste is comedy and harlequinery ."-Richardson: Pamela , iv. 89. hăr-lock, s. [HARDOCK.]