scaramouch noun & verb. ['skarǝmaʊtʃ, -mu:tʃ] M17.
[Orig. from Italian Scaramuccia (see below) from scaramuccia SKIRMISH noun, whence also French Scaramouche, source of the later and present form.]
A. noun.
1. (Usu. Scaramouch.) A stock character of the cowardly and foolish boaster in Italian commedia dell'arte, usu. represented as a Spanish don, wearing a black costume. M17.

2. A boastful coward, a braggart; a rascal, a scamp. arch. L17.
b. verb intrans. Act the part of or behave like a scaramouch. rare. M19.

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