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escapade

es·ca·pade

UK/ˌɛskəˈpɑːd/ US/ˈɛskəˌpeɪd/ uncommon

noun

2.

any carefree episode

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Borrowed from French escapade (“the act of escaping; a trick”), itself borrowed from Old Spanish escapada, from escapar (“to escape”), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre.

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