Definition of Scaramouch

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Scar·a·mouch also Scar·a·mouche    (skr-msh, -mch, -mouch) KEY 

NOUN:

A stock character in commedia dell'arte and pantomime, depicted as a boastful coward or buffoon.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French Scaramouche, from Italian Scaramuccia, from scaramuccia, skirmish; see sker-¹ in Indo-European roots