单词 | scaramouch |
释义 | scaramouchn. 1. a. (As proper name, with capital S.) A stock character in Italian farce, a cowardly and foolish boaster of his own prowess, who is constantly being cudgelled by Harlequin.The character was intended in ridicule of the Spanish don, and was dressed in Spanish costume, usually black; the costume was often adopted in masquerades.The clever impersonation of the part by Tiberio Fiurelli, who brought his company of Italian players to London in 1673, rendered the word very popular in England during the last quarter of the 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > person jettera1400 flirdom?a1500 facerc1500 termagant1508 rutterkina1529 bellomy1535 bystour1535 roister1549 swash1549 rush-buckler1551 roisterkin1553 swashbuckler1560 dash-buckler1567 swinge-buckler?1577 whiffler1581 huff-snuff1582 swish-swash1582 fixnet1583 swag1588 swasher?1589 kill-cow1590 roister-doister1592 dagger1597 flaunting Fabian1598 tisty-tosty1598 huff-cap1600 swaggerer1600 burgullian1601 huff-muff1602 tear-cat1606 blusterer1609 wag-feather1611 wind-cutter1611 bilbo-lorda1625 tearer1633 cacafuegoa1640 bravado1643 Hector1655 scaramouch1662 swashado1663 huffer1664 bluster-mastera1670 Drawcansir1672 bully huff1673 huff1674 belswagger1680 valienton1681 blunderbuss1685 Draw can bully1698 bouncer1764 Bobadil1771 bounce1819 pistol1828 sacripant1829 hufty1847 bucko1883 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > part or character > [noun] > specific character Robin Hood1473 wantonness1507 vice1552 pantaloon1592 iniquity1597 burratinea1637 scaramouch1662 Pierrot1726 gracioso1749 eiron1872 alazon1911 toby1946 α. β. 1677 E. Ravenscroft (title) Scaramouch a philosopher.1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper i. i. 10 But I speak no Italian, only a few broken scraps which I pick'd up from Scaramouch and Harlequin at Paris.1749 H. Walpole Let. 3 May in Corr. (1960) XX. 47 A troop of harlequins and scaramouches.1771 Hist. Sir William Harrington I. xvi. 151 Mrs. Granville a nun, myself a shepherdess, lord S. a scaramouch [at the Masquerade].1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 165 Like a posture-master, or scaramouch at a circus.1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City x. 315 She was silent watching the whirling of the pierrots..scaramouches and dominoes.1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors vi. 380 Such distorted Countenances and Postures, as Scaramuzza himself would be much troubled to imitate. 1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master iii. i. 39 I diddè go to the Italian Academy at Paris thrice a week to learn to play de Fool of Signior Scaramouchè. 1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii. 60 There were no less than six Scaramuccios together upon the Stage. 1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso v. 88 Entry of Scaramonchi [sic] and Clowns. 1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso v. 89 Enter Sir Formal in Scaramoucha's habit. 1684 J. Dryden Epil. Univ. Oxf. in Misc. Poems 266 Stout Scaramoucha with Rush Lance rode in, And ran a Tilt at Centaure Arlequin. 1696 V. Alsop God in Movnt 13 Where are the Jesters, the Buffoons, the Scarramuccioes? Will not these afford a more pleasing entertainment? b. A puppet representing Scaramouch. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > puppetry > [noun] > character Punchinello1662 Punch1681 Judy1812 scaramouch1815 swatchel1854 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > puppetry > [noun] > puppet poppin1440 mammet1461 puppet1538 poppet1551 motion1602 puppy1640 neurospast1642 marionettea1645 poupée1785 fantoccini1791 scaramouch1815 shadow figure1851 Judy puppet1897 shadow puppet1923 rod puppet1930 string puppet1937 1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris viii. 122 He gave motion to a small wooden scaramouch that danced well in tune. 1819 S. Rogers Human Life 43 The booths whitening the village-green, Where Punch and Scaramouch aloft are seen. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 52/2 This here is the Scaramouch that dances without a head. 2. transferred and figurative. In later use often employed loosely as a term of contempt: A rascal, scamp. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > rogue > [noun] harlot?c1225 truantc1290 shreward1297 boyc1300 lidderon13.. cokinc1330 pautenerc1330 bribera1387 bricouna1400 losarda1400 rascal?a1400 custronc1400 knapea1450 sloven?a1475 limmerc1485 knavatec1506 smaik?1507 smy?1507 koken?a1513 swinger1513 Cock Lorel?1518 pedlar's French1530 varletc1540 losthope?c1550 makeshift1554 wild rogue1567 miligant1568 rogue1568 crack-halter1573 rascallion1582 schelm1584 scoundrel1589 scaba1592 bezonian1592 slave1592 rampallion1593 Scanderbeg1601 roly-poly1602 canter1608 cantler1611 gue1612 fraudsman1613 Cathayana1616 crack-hempa1616 foiterer1616 tilt1620 picaro1622 picaroon1629 sheepmanc1640 rapscallion1648 scaramouch1677 fripon1691 trickster1711 shake-bag1794 sinner1809 cad1838 badmash1843 scattermouch1892 jazzbo1914 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal harlot?c1225 knavec1275 truantc1290 shreward1297 boinarda1300 boyc1300 lidderon13.. cokinc1330 pautenerc1330 bribera1387 bricouna1400 losarda1400 rascal?a1400 knapea1450 lotterela1450 limmerc1485 Tutivillus1498 knavatec1506 smy?1507 koken?a1513 swinger1513 Cock Lorel?1518 pedlar's French1530 cust1535 rabiator1535 varletc1540 Jack1548 kern1556 wild rogue1567 miligant1568 rogue1568 tutiviller1568 rascallion1582 schelm1584 scoundrel1589 rampallion1593 Scanderbeg1601 scroyle1602 canter1608 cantler1611 skelm1611 gue1612 Cathayana1616 foiterer1616 tilt1620 picaro1622 picaroon1629 sheepmanc1640 rapscallion1648 marrow1656 Algerine1671 scaramouch1677 fripon1691 shake-bag1794 badling1825 tiger1827 two-for-his-heels1837 ral1846 skeezicks1850 nut1882 gun1890 scattermouch1892 tug1896 natkhat1901 jazzbo1914 scutter1940 bar steward1945 hoor1965 α. β. 1694 J. Collier Misc. iv. 32 It makes the Laws cheap and ridiculous, the Solemnities of Justice a piece of Pageantry, the Bench a few Reverend Poppets, or Scharamouche's in Scarlet.1716 in W. W. Wilkins Polit. Ballads (1860) II. 175 The scaramouches everywhere With open throats bawl'd out.1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 141 He swore no scaramouch of an Italian robber would dare to meddle with an Englishman.1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming x Once I was an idle young scaramouch.1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle ii. 11 Hoy; Scaramouchi, Rascal, Poltron, Popinjay!.. Must a Man of honour wait your leisure. a1683 J. Oldham Remains in Verse & Prose 113 in Wks. & Remains (1684) Without doubt he was..design'd for the Scaramuchio of Mankind. 3. attributive. ΚΠ 1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) lvii The Sicilian with his scaramouch tricks got on very well with the gentle and polished Tuscan. 1906 Athenæum 10 Mar. 294/3 Irresponsible Kitty..lived merrily throughout her scaramouch childhood and flirting girlhood. Derivatives ˈscaramouch v. (intransitive) to act the part of a scaramouch, or to behave like a scaramouch. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > [verb (intransitive)] truantc1400 rogue1570 scaramouch1783 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [verb (intransitive)] truantc1400 to play the‥varlet1579 to play the jack1606 rogue1702 scaramouch1783 blackguard1786 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (intransitive)] > specific part scaramouch1783 1783 W. Beckford Dreams viii. 99 The rabble were gathered in knots round the strollers and mountebanks, singing and scaramouching in the middle of the square. 1864 B. Lloyd Ladies Polcarrow 134 Didnt he use to scaramouch up over-stairs just the like o' that, when he was a purty little fellow! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1662 |
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