Scaramouche
English edit
Etymology edit
French Scaramouche, a character popularized in France by Tiberio Fiorilli. From Italian scaramuccia (“skirmish”). Doublet of escarmouche and skirmish.
Proper noun edit
Scaramouche
- A roguish clown character from the 16th-century Italian commedia dell'arte.
Noun edit
Scaramouche (plural Scaramouches)
References edit
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary