escarmouche

Meaning

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛs.kaʁ.muʃ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French escarmuche, from Old French escharmuche (“skirmish”), from Old Italian scaramuccia (“skirmish”), from Lombardic skirmen or Frankish *skirmijan (“to shelter”). Cognate with Old High German skirmen, scirmen (“to shield, defend, protect”), skirm (“shade, protection”). More at skirmish, screen.

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escarmoucher

to skirmish

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