Scaramouche
Boastful comic servant
Scaramouche is a stock character from Italian commedia dell'arte—a cowardly braggart in black clothing who avoids fights despite his boasts.
The name has become a literary term for a roguish or buffoonish figure.
English speakers encounter it mostly through the Queen lyric Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the fandango?
New and unusual
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- French RevolutionLate-1700s republican upheaval
- swordsmanSkilled blade fighter
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
romance · duel · revenge · aristocrat · actor · stage · performance · marquis
Wistful whiteface pantomime figure
- stock characterConventional recurring persona
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- buffoonLudicrous, clumsy fool
- harlequinMasked comic servant character
trickster · cowardly · boastful · rogue · servant · Italian · Neapolitan · cape
Queen's operatic rock suite
- fandangoSpirited Iberian couples dance
- GalileoRenaissance astronomer from Italy
- FigaroOperatic barber-valet
- operaTheatrical art combining song
rock · falsetto · lyrics · thunderbolt · lightning
Pretense of fearlessness
- boastfulGiven to self-praise
- cowardlyWithout bravery or nerve
- panacheFlamboyant confidence of manner
- braggadocioVain, empty self-promotion
bluster · cockiness · audacity · flair · showmanship · pompous · grandiose · strut
Horizontal slatted window shade
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- blackDarkest possible hue
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- masqueradeDeceptive act or costume party
incognito · costume · concealment · identity · mysterious · persona · beaked · leather
novel
New and unusual
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- French RevolutionLate-1700s republican upheaval
- swordsmanSkilled blade fighter
adventure · romance · duel · revenge · aristocrat · actor · stage · performance · marquis · fencing
Pierrot
Wistful whiteface pantomime figure
- stock characterConventional recurring persona
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- buffoonLudicrous, clumsy fool
harlequin · trickster · cowardly · boastful · rogue · servant · Italian · Neapolitan · cape · wooden sword
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen's operatic rock suite
bravado
Pretense of fearlessness
braggadocio · bluster · cockiness · audacity · flair · showmanship · pompous · grandiose · strut · jauntiness
venetian
Horizontal slatted window shade
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- blackDarkest possible hue
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
masquerade · incognito · costume · concealment · identity · mysterious · persona · beaked · leather
- stock charactersvillain, sidekick, hero, damsel in distress, fool
- swashbucklersswashbuckler, swashbucklers, swashbuckling, pirate, pirates
- commedia dell'arteHarlequin, Pierrot, stock characters, commedia, Isabella
- Restoration Performers
Scaramouchehero
One admired for courage
warrior · brave soul · Hector · Achilles · gallant