Scaramouch
Boastful but craven
Scaramouch is a stock character from Italian commedia dell'arte—a cowardly braggart in black who gets beaten by Harlequin.
The name has come to mean any boastful coward or rascal.
It appears most famously in Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody": Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the fandango?
Italian improvised masked theater
- stock characterConventional recurring persona
- cowardlyWithout bravery or nerve
- boastfulGiven to self-praise
- HarlequinMasked comic servant
mask · cape · slapstick · braggart · buffoon · servant · clown · improvisation
Queen's operatic rock suite
- fandangoSpirited Iberian couples dance
- thunderboltElectric sky discharge with boom
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- operaticOf staged musical drama
Freddie Mercury · rock opera · falsetto · 1975 · Wayne's World · headbanging · magnifico · ballad
Lovable troublemaker
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
- scoundrelDishonest, unscrupulous person
- rapscallionMischievous person, usually endearing
- scampMischievous young person
knave · ne'er-do-well · scalawag · mischief · trickster · villain · cad · blackguard
New and unusual
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- French RevolutionLate-1700s republican upheaval
- swordsmanSkilled blade fighter
- DorianHellenic people or name
aristocracy · revenge · duel · rapier · adventure · romance · historical fiction · 1921
Commedia dell'arte
Italian improvised masked theater
- stock characterConventional recurring persona
- cowardlyWithout bravery or nerve
- boastfulGiven to self-praise
Harlequin · mask · cape · slapstick · braggart · buffoon · servant · clown · improvisation · theatrical
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen's operatic rock suite
- fandangoSpirited Iberian couples dance
- thunderboltElectric sky discharge with boom
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
Freddie Mercury · operatic · rock opera · falsetto · 1975 · Wayne's World · headbanging · magnifico · ballad · anthem
rascal
Lovable troublemaker
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
- scoundrelDishonest, unscrupulous person
- rapscallionMischievous person, usually endearing
scamp · knave · ne'er-do-well · scalawag · mischief · trickster · villain · cad · blackguard · miscreant
novel
New and unusual
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- French RevolutionLate-1700s republican upheaval
- swordsmanSkilled blade fighter
Dorian · aristocracy · revenge · duel · rapier · adventure · romance · historical fiction · 1921 · theatrical troupe
Scaramouchhero
One admired for courage
brave soul · warrior · champion · stalwart · gallant
Scaramouchstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
man of his word · genuine article · stoic · truth-teller · humble servant