Meaning & use
Scaramouche
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A stock comic character portrayed as a boastful but cowardly buffoon, or more broadly, a cowardly braggart.
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The critic dismissed the politician as a scaramouche, all bluster and no substance.
In the old commedia dell'arte plays, the Scaramouche would swagger about the stage before fleeing at the first sign of trouble.
A note on using this word
The name comes from Scaramuccia, a stock character in Italian commedia dell'arte dressed in black and known for boastful cowardice.
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