scaramuccia

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ska.raˈmut.t͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -uttʃa
  • Hyphenation: sca‧ra‧mùc‧cia

Etymology 1

From Old Italian schermugio (“skirmish”) (both with diminutive ending?). Alternatively both Italian forms might be derived from Old French escarmuche. Related to the verb schermire (“to protect, shield; to fence, swordfight”), stemming from Lombardic skirmen or Frankish *skirmijan (“to protect, defend”).

Cognate with Old High German skirmen, scirmen (“to shield, defend, protect”), skirm (“shade, protection”). More at skirmish, escarmouche.

Noun

scaramuccia f (plural scaramucce)

  1. skirmish
  2. squabble
Descendants

Further reading

  • scaramuccia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

scaramuccia

  1. inflection of scaramucciare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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