11 letters · 20 points in Scrabble
noun a stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward
originFrom French Scaramouche, a character popularized in France by Tiberio Fiorilli. From Italian scaramuccia (“skirmish”). Doublet of escarmouche, Scaramucci, and skirmish.
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