scaramouch

variants or scaramouche
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Recent Examples of scaramouch Much like his namesake, the scaramouch, the Mooch masquerades as a useful idiot and a sly schemer, performing both roles while never forgetting to enthrall the audience and, most important, the boss. Tiana Lowe, National Review, 28 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scaramouch
Noun
  • Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso and Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The same praise could be heaped upon Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso, which opened the evening.
    Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register, 19 May 2017
Noun
  • At the stroke of midnight, Williams welcomed his 25th birthday by blowing out a single candle atop a platter of cream puffs.
    Michaela Zee, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Petit fours can be anything from cream puffs or French macarons, to cookies, tarts, and mini cakes like these (petit fours glacés).
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Let’s forgive the fool-killers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
  • As Rose’s impoverished yet imperious mother Ruth, Parson’s dry deliveries offer great comic ballast to this ship of fools.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • People decorated chicken, goose, duck and ostrich eggs, and other natural materials, such as wood.
    Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Riders swung into stirrups with boots fashioned from exotic skins — alligator, ostrich, python and even an Amazon River fish.
    Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Giants’ motley run matches the 1937-55 St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles (also in left field) for the longest streak in major-league history featuring a different player at the same position on Opening Day.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The neutral design appeals to people of all genders and with a motley of styles.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Wearing nothing but gas masks, Hal and Lois sneak inside the noxious home to do the deed in privacy from their kids.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Wear them to work with a pair of cute loafers and a spring blouse, or dress them down with a tee and your favorite sneaks for a comfy-casual look.
    Madeline Merinuk, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • On freedom of opinion, on freedom of the press, on freedom of satire, on jesters’ freedom.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • No one wants to be a jester, debasing oneself for a more powerful person’s amusement.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Just before Tokischa’s new sun rose, the built-for-kitipo singles and onstage antics continued, but something was changing.
    E.R. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The exorbitant cost of the trip and her entourage’s hard-partying antics would put the kibosh on any future US tours for Margaret.
    Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 Apr. 2026

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“Scaramouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaramouch. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.

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