Scaramouch (noun)
Skar-a-moosh
(archaic) A boastful but cowardly person.
Mid 17th century from Italian Scaramuccia, the name of a stock character in Italian farce, from scaramuccia ‘skirmish’.
Example sentences
“He’s nothing but a whiny scaramouch!”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
