Scar|a|mouch

Scar|a|mouch
Scar|a|mouch «SKAR uh moosh», noun.
a cowardly braggart in traditional Italian comedy.
[< French Scaramouche < Italian Scaramuccia (literally) skirmish. Compare etym. under skirmish. (Cf.skirmish)]
scar|a|mouch or scar|a|mouche «SKAR uh mowch, -moosh», noun.
1. a cowardly braggart: »

The habit of this greasy Don was very proper for a scaramouch…being a dirty calico, with all the tawdry and trapping of a fool's coat (Daniel Defoe).

2. a rascal; scamp: »

He swore that no scaramouch of an Italian robber would dare to meddle with an Englishman (Washington Irving).

[< Scaramouch]

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  • scar|a|mouch — «SKAR uh moosh», noun. a cowardly braggart in traditional Italian comedy. ╂[< French Scaramouche < Italian Scaramuccia (literally) skirmish. Compare etym. under skirmish. (Cf. ↑skirmish)] scar|a|mouch or scar|a|mouche «SKAR uh mowch, moosh» …   Useful english dictionary

  • scar|a|mouche — Scar|a|mouch «SKAR uh moosh», noun. a cowardly braggart in traditional Italian comedy. ╂[< French Scaramouche < Italian Scaramuccia (literally) skirmish. Compare etym. under skirmish. (Cf. ↑skirmish)] scar|a|mouch or scar|a|mouche «SKAR uh… …   Useful english dictionary

  • scar — scar·ab; scar·a·bae·id; scar·a·bae·i·dae; scar·a·bae·i·doid; scar·a·bae·i·form; scar·a·bae·oi·dea; scar·a·bae·us; scar·a·bee; scar·a·be·idae; scar·a·mouch; scar·bo·rough; scar·ci·ty; scar; scar·er; scar·i·dae; scar·i·fi·ca·tion; scar·i·fi·ca·tor; …   English syllables

  • mouch — mouch; scar·a·mouch; mouch·ra·bi·eh; …   English syllables

  • scaramouch — scar·a·mouch …   English syllables

  • Scaramouch — Scar•a•mouch or Scar•a•mouche [[t]ˈskær əˌmaʊtʃ, ˌmuʃ[/t]] n. sbz a stock character in commedia dell arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily vanquished • Etymology: 1655–65; < F Scaramouche < It Scaramuccia, proper use of… …   From formal English to slang

  • a — acar·a·pis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·na; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·rine; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; ac·a·ri·no·sis; ac·a·ro·ce·cid·i·um; ac·a·roid; ac·a·rol·o·gist; ac·a·rol·o·gy; ac·a·ro·pho·bia; ac·a·rus; acat·a·lep·sy; acat·a·lex·is;… …   English syllables

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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