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scaramouche

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
scaramouche
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A roguish clown character from the 16th-century Italian commedia dell'arte.

noun

A tumbler; an acrobat.

Obsolete; Slang

noun

A disreputable fellow; a scoundrel.

Obsolete; Slang

Etymology

From French Scaramouche, a character popularized in France by Tiberio Fiorilli. From Italian scaramuccia (“skirmish”). Doublet of escarmouche, Scaramucci, and skirmish.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Scaramouche, scaramuccia

Usage

Inflected Forms

Scaramouches (plural)

Questions

What does scaramouche mean?
A roguish clown character from the 16th-century Italian commedia dell'arte.
Where does scaramouche come from?
It is traced to French.

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