scaramouch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scaramouch	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for scaramouch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Scaramouch n a stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward Synonym(s): Scaramouch, Scaramouche
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scaramouch \Scar"a*mouch`\, n. [F. scaramouche, It. scaramuccio, scaramuccia, originally the name of a celebrated Italian comedian; cf. It. scaramuccia, scaramuccio, F. escarmouche, skirmish. Cf. {Skirmish}.] A personage in the old Italian comedy (derived from Spain) characterized by great boastfulness and poltroonery; hence, a person of like characteristics; a buffoon.