Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Scaramouch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 from Spain)
characterized by great boastfulness and poltroonery; hence, a
person of like characteristics; a buffoon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Scaramouch
n : a stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a
boastful coward [syn: {Scaramouch}, {Scaramouche}]
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