Scaramouche

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English

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Scaramouche

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Scaramouche

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

Noun

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Scaramouche (plural Scaramouches)

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

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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