Scaramouche

Speech parts

1. Scaramouche - Noun

2. Scaramouche - Proper noun

Meaning

a stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward

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Synonyms

scaramouch craven peacock tiff chicken coward baby skirmish braggart dastard boaster bragger cissy braggadocio milksop

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Antonyms

lion knight daredevil hero warrior adventurer

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Examples

As early as 1673, just months after Pierrot had made his debut in the Addendum to "The Stone Guest", Scaramouche Tiberio Fiorilli and a troupe assembled from the Comédie-Italienne entertained Londoners with selections from their Parisian repertoire. Source: Internet

Scaramouche Scaramuccia (Italian), or Scaramouche (French) (" skirmish ") was a reinvention of the character by Tiberio Fiorilli. Source: Internet

Scaramouche *The Servant (or 'The Minstrel') *The Blind Man Other characters included Boxers, Chinese Plate Spinners, topical figures, a trick puppet with an extending neck (the "Courtier"), and a monkey. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

scarablike scaraboid scaramouch Scaramucci Scarano scarbabe