SCARAMOUCH  , properly a buffoon, used later colloquially for a ne'er-do-well . The name was that of a stock See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character in 17th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• FARCE

farce, Scaramuccia (i.e. literally " skirmish "), who, attired usually in a See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress, burlesquing a " See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

don," was beaten by See also:

• HARLEQUIN

Harlequin for his boasting and cowardice . The See also:

• PART

part was played in See also:

• LONDON

London in 1673 by a well-known Italian actor, Tiberic Fiurelli, and became popular . There are many instances of the use of the word in the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary .