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Scaramouch
or 厂肠补谤路补路尘辞耻肠丑别
[ skar-uh-mouch, -moosh ]
noun
- a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- (lowercase) a rascal or scamp.
Scaramouch
/ -藢mu藧t蕛; 藞sk忙r蓹藢ma蕣t蕛 /
noun
- a stock character who appears as a boastful coward in commedia dell'arte and farce
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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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