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Scaramouche

Scaramouche proper noun: a roguish clown character from the 16th-century Italian commedia dell'arte.

scaramouche: a roguish clown character from the 16th-century Italian commedia dell'arte
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Proper noun

Scaramouche

  1. A roguish clown character from the 16th-century Italian commedia dell'arte.

Noun

Scaramouche (plural Scaramouches)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A tumbler; an acrobat.
  2. (obsolete, slang) A disreputable fellow; a scoundrel.

Forms of Scaramouche

pluralScaramouches

Origin of Scaramouche

From French Scaramouche, a character popularized in France by Tiberio Fiorilli. From Italian scaramuccia (“skirmish”). Doublet of escarmouche, Scaramucci, and skirmish.

Questions about Scaramouche

What does Scaramouche mean?
Scaramouche means a roguish clown character from the 16th-century Italian commedia dell'arte.
What part of speech is Scaramouche?
Scaramouche can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Scaramouche in the dictionary

  1. scaraboids
  2. scarabs
  3. scarabæid
  4. scarabæids
  5. scaramouch
  6. Scaramouche
  7. Scaramouches
  8. Scaramucci
  9. Scaramuccis
  10. Scarano
  11. Scaranos

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