harlequinesque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"He was a powerful young fellow, with bewildered hair and beard, wearing his neck open; his blouse was stained with oil-colours in a harlequinesque disorder..."
"Sam Archer is the harlequinesque dancer who was trained in musical theater, while Richard Winsor is the taller, heavier-boned dancer who was trained in ballet."

From harlequin + -esque.

more harlequinesque (comparative) most harlequinesque (superlative)

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