/skar"euh mowch', -moohsh'/ , n.
1. a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
2. ( l.c. ) a rascal or scamp.
Also, Scaramouche .
[ 1655-65; Scaramouche Scaramuccia, proper use of scaramuccia skirmish (applied in jest); of Gmc orig. ]