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Scara·mouch (skar′ə mo̵̅o̅s̸h′, -mo̵̅o̅c̸h′)

noun

  1. a stock character in old Italian comedy, depicted as a braggart and poltroon
  2. a boastful coward or rascal

Etymology: Fr Scaramouche < It Scaramuccia, lit., a skirmish

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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