harlequinade
/ˌhɑrləkwɪˈneɪd/
noun
- A comic performance or scene, especially one involving a harlequin character from traditional pantomime.
- The theater troupe performed a lively harlequinade that had the audience laughing.
- In the old harlequinade, the clown always outwitted the grumpy master.
- She studied the history of the harlequinade for her drama class.
- A series of comical or absurd events; a farcical situation.
- The meeting turned into a harlequinade of misunderstandings and silly arguments.
- The movie's plot was a harlequinade of mistaken identities and slapstick humor.
- What started as a serious debate became a harlequinade of wild accusations.
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