escapade
noun
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When it was first used in English, escapade referred to an act of escaping or fleeing from confinement or restraint. The relationship between escape and escapade does not end there. Both words derive from the Vulgar Latin verb excappare, meaning "to escape," a product of the Latin prefix ex- and the Late Latin noun cappa, meaning "head covering or cloak." While escape took its route through Anglo-French and Middle English, however, escapade made its way into English by way of the Spanish escapar ("to escape") and the French escapade.
Examples of escapade in a Sentence
Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
American Dad! is back on FOX and heading into their 20th season of outlandish plots, covert ops and alien escapades.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 July 2025
Between that time Matt Rogers witnessed The View cohost's shenanigans on a flight from the Bahamas to her numerous visits to Pope Francis in recent years, Goldberg addressed Tuesday on the talk show that fans have noticed her jet-setting escapades around the world.
—EW.com, 8 July 2025
The toxicity of these escapades in the minds of many Americans is partly why Trump and his Republican supporters are so avowedly against interventionism.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 18 June 2025
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“Escapade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escapade. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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