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scaramouch |
1 definition found 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.
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