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escapade

n.
US //ˈɛskəˌpeɪd// UK //ˈɛskɐpˌeɪd// es·capade
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Origin

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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