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Scaramouch

or 厂肠补谤路补路尘辞耻肠丑别

[ skar-uh-mouch, -moosh ]

noun

  1. a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
  2. (lowercase) a rascal or scamp.


Scaramouch

/ -藢mu藧t蕛; 藞sk忙r蓹藢ma蕣t蕛 /

noun

  1. a stock character who appears as a boastful coward in commedia dell'arte and farce
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Scaramouch1

First recorded in 1662; from French Scaramouche, from Italian Scaramuccia, proper noun use of scaramuccia 鈥渟kirmish鈥 (applied in jest); skirmish ( def )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of Scaramouch1

C17: via French from Italian Scaramuccia, from scaramuccia a skirmish
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Example Sentences

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Scaramouch鈥檚 argument was persuasive, but my mind was still undecided.

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鈥淥 these Scaramouches,鈥 interrupts Eubulus, 鈥渉ow they know how to wheedle the poor people!鈥

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Our Scaramouch is one of the numerous forms of the Captain, which obtained great popularity at Paris.

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This by some has been considered as a dawning of the drama, since the characters probably bore a resemblance to the Arlequin and Scaramouch of the Italian farces.

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Hurtling Trivellino fine, On a trill intent, Scaramouch to Columbine Gives the fan she lent.

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