Associations to the word «Scaramouch»

Wiktionary

SCARAMOUCH, proper noun. Alternative form of Scaramouche

Dictionary definition

SCARAMOUCH, noun. A stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats