escapade

Definitions


[ˈɛskəpeɪd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act or incident involving excitement, daring, or adventure
(e.g: he told of their escapade with a ‘borrowed’ truck)


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Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘an escape’): from French, from Provençal or Spanish, from escapar ‘to escape’, based on medieval Latin ex- ‘out of’ + cappa ‘cloak’. Compare with escape




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