English Explanatory Dictionary

Scaramouche

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A roguish clown character from the 16th-century Italian commedia dell'arte.
noun
  1. A tumbler; an acrobat.
  2. A disreputable fellow; a scoundrel.

Word forms

Scaramouche Scaramouches

Etymology

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

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