escapaden.
/ɛskəˈpeɪd/ 1.
a. An act of escaping from confinement or restraint; a runaway excursion.
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > from restraint or confinement
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outscapea1555
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1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. iv. 22 I wish your bum-gut [may] fall out and make an escapade.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 253 His other escapade was made for the purpose of visiting the field of Rullion-green.
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. iv. 74 He tried..an escapade to the Low Countries..in a ship which lay..at Sandwich.
b. figurative. A breaking loose from restraint or rules; a flighty piece of conduct.
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society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic
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ragerya1393
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lark1811
escapade1814
gammock1819
gambade1821
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high jinksa1845
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1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xi. 182 A youthful escapade which might be easily atoned. View more context for this quotation
1827 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) I. 80 A young nobleman..commits an escapade (the name given to the offences of persons of quality).
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles II. xxiii. 275 Anna could have died, rather than suffer her escapade to reach the ears of home.
1885 Manch. Examiner 15 May 5/3 Lord R. Churchill's latest escapade..is the theme of general remark.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > rearing or plunging
escapade1672
rearing1688
pont-levis1705
1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. i. i. 3 His fiery Arab..Sprung loose, and flew, into an Escapade.
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