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Scaramouche
- Main Entry:
- scar·a·mouch

- Variant(s):
- or scar·a·mouche
\ˈskar-ə-ˌmüsh, -ˌmüch, -ˌmau̇ch\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- French Scaramouche, from Italian Scaramuccia, from scaramuccia skirmish
- Date:
- 1662
1capitalized : a stock character in the Italian commedia dell'arte that burlesques the Spanish don and is characterized by boastfulness and cowardliness2 a: a cowardly buffoon b: rascal, scamp
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