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harlequinize

harlequinize verb: to make gaudy and comical.

Verb

harlequinize (third-person singular simple present harlequinizes, present participle harlequinizing, simple past and past participle harlequinized)

  1. (transitive) To make gaudy and comical.

Forms of harlequinize

third-person singular presentharlequinizes
present participleharlequinizing
past participleharlequinized
pastharlequinized

Origin of harlequinize

From harlequin + -ize.

Questions about harlequinize

What does harlequinize mean?
Harlequinize means to make gaudy and comical.
What part of speech is harlequinize?
Harlequinize is a verb.
What is the past tense of harlequinize?
The past tense of harlequinize is harlequinized.

Words near harlequinize in the dictionary

  1. harlequinesque
  2. harlequinic
  3. harlequining
  4. harlequinism
  5. harlequinisms
  6. harlequinize
  7. harlequinized
  8. harlequinizes
  9. harlequinizing
  10. harlequins
  11. harles

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