Synonyms:
harlequin
Meaning: a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
harlequin
Meaning: variegate with spots or marks; "His face was harlequined with patches"
Usage examples
As to the dapper little compiler of farragos mentioned some time since, he had arrayed himself in as many patches and colors as harlequin, and there was as fierce a contention of claimants about him, as about the dead body of Patroclus.