Scaramouch: alternatives and connections

A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the con…

Mild; soft; gentle; smooth and soothing in manner; suave; as, a bland temper; bland persuasion; a bland sycophant.

Boastfulness; act of bragging.

A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued…

A barbarous sport, of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, -- sti…

A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a ma…

Pertaining to, derived from, or having certain characteristics of, citric and aconitic acids.

A cluster or group of fixed stars, or dvision of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mytholog…

Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes.

The pronunciation of the Greek / (eta) like the Italian e long, that is like a in the English word ate. See Itacism.

To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff.

Characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage; enormous; prodigious; inordinate.

Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.

A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merr…

An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.

To render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs; to Italianize.

To play the Italian; to speak Italian.

The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsiste…