| Pronunciation: | | 'skaru`mawch
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| Matching Terms: | | scaramouche
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] a stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward |
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| | Synonyms: | | Scaramouche |
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| | See Also: | | character, fictional character, fictitious character |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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