Word of the Day scaramouch \SKAR-uh-mouch, -moosh\ - TopicsExpress



          

Word of the Day scaramouch \SKAR-uh-mouch, -moosh\ noun 1. (lowercase) a rascal or scamp. 2. a stock character in commedia dellarte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened. Quotes …it seemed that the scaramouch in question had gained a wonderful ascendency over almost everybody in the Jeroboam. -- Herman Melville, Moby Dick, 1851 Origin Scaramouch entered English in the 1600s from the Italian scaramuccia literally meaning skirmish. It is ultimately of Germanic orign.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 17:42:23 +0000

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