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escapado

escapado is the obsolete form of escapade.

Meaning of escapade

Noun

escapade (plural escapades)

  1. A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.
    • The Manner of living among the Portugueze here is, with the utmost Frugality and Temperance. […] The beſt of them (excepting the Governor now and then) neither pay nor receive any Viſits of Eſcapade or Recreation; […]1724, Charles Johnson [pseudonym], “Of Captain Howel Davis, and His Crew”, in A General History of the Pyrates, […], 2nd edition, London: Printed for, and sold by T. Warner, […], →OCLC, page 202

Forms of escapado

pluralescapados
pluralescapadoes

Questions about escapado

What is escapado the obsolete form of?
Escapado is the obsolete form of escapade.

Words near escapado in the dictionary

  1. escap't
  2. escapability
  3. escapable
  4. escapade
  5. escapades
  6. escapado
  7. escapadoes
  8. escapados
  9. escapage
  10. escapages
  11. escape

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