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Definition of Scaramouch
1. Noun. A stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward.
Definition of Scaramouch
1. n. A personage in the old Italian comedy (derived from Spain) characterized by great boastfulness and poltroonery; hence, a person of like characteristics; a buffoon.
Definition of Scaramouch
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scaramouch
Literary usage of Scaramouch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dramatic Table Talk, Or, Scenes, Situations, & Adventures, Serious & Comic by Richard Ryan, François Joseph Talma (1825)
"scaramouch, AND MOLIERE. IN the reign of Louis XIV. an Italian actor, who named
himself scaramouch, was so popular, that he saved money enough to buy ..."
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