Definition of Scaramouch

1. Noun. A stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward.


Definition of Scaramouch

1. n. A personage in the old Italian comedy (derived from Spain) characterized by great boastfulness and poltroonery; hence, a person of like characteristics; a buffoon.

Definition of Scaramouch

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Scaramouch

Scania
Scanian
Scanlon
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Scansores
Scanzoni's manoeuvre
Scanzoni's second os
Scaphiopus
Scaphiopus bombifrons
Scaphiopus hammondii
Scaphiopus multiplicatus
Scaphopoda
Scaphosepalum
Scarabaeidae
Scarabaeus sacer
Scaramouch (current term)
Scaramouche
Scarborough
Scardinius
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Scardino vertical flap pyeloplasty
Scarface
Scaridae
Scarlem
Scarlet
Scarlet Day
Scarlett
Scarpa's fascia
Scarpa's fluid
Scarpa's foramina

Literary usage of Scaramouch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dramatic Table Talk, Or, Scenes, Situations, & Adventures, Serious & Comic by Richard Ryan, François Joseph Talma (1825)
"Scaramouch, AND MOLIERE. IN the reign of Louis XIV. an Italian actor, who named himself Scaramouch, was so popular, that he saved money enough to buy ..."

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