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Definitions for scaramouch
ˈskær əˌmaʊtʃ, -ˌmuʃscaramouch
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Princeton's WordNet
Scaramouch, Scaramouchenoun
a stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Scaramouchnoun
A buffoon in motly dress.
Etymology: escarmouche, Fr.
It makes the solemnities of justice pageantry, and the bench reverend poppets, or scaramouches in scarlet. Collier.
Wikipedia
Scaramouch
Scaramouche (French: [skaʁamuʃ]) or Scaramouch (English: ; from Italian Scaramuccia [skaraˈmuttʃa], literally "little skirmisher") is a stock clown character of the 16th-century commedia dell'arte (comic theatrical arts of Italian literature). The role combined characteristics of the Zannicode: ita promoted to code: it (servant) and the Capitano (masked henchman), with some assortment of villainous traits. Usually attired in black Spanish dress and burlesquing a don, he was often beaten by Harlequin for his boasting and cowardice.
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scaramouch
A scaramouch is a stock character in traditional Italian comedy, the Commedia dell'arte, usually depicted as a boastful, cowardly, yet intelligent fool or buffoon. The term has also come to refer to a cowardly braggart or a person who behaves in a blustering, boastful, or cowardly manner.
Webster Dictionary
Scaramouchnoun
a personage in the old Italian comedy (derived from Spain) characterized by great boastfulness and poltroonery; hence, a person of like characteristics; a buffoon
Etymology: [F. scaramouche, It. scaramuccio, scaramuccia, originally the name of a celebrated Italian comedian; cf. It. scaramuccia, scaramuccio, F. escarmouche, skirmish. Cf. Skirmish.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Scaramouch
skar′a-mowch, n. a buffoon: a bragging, cowardly fellow. [Fr.,—It. Scaramuccia, a famous Italian zany of the 17th century.]
Etymology and Origins
Scaramouch
A character in the old Italian comedy, the prototype of the modern clown, so called from scaramuccia, a skirmish.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scaramouch in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scaramouch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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- scaramouchFrench
- लुच्चाHindi
- gyáva hetvenkedő alakHungarian
- pengecut yg berlagakIndonesian
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- สการ์มอชThai
- korkutucuTurkish
- سکاراموچUrdu
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- 怯懦者Chinese
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