Scaramouche

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Scaramouche

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

Noun[edit]

Scaramouche (plural Scaramouches)

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

References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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