escapade

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈɛskəˌpeɪd/ UK /ˈɛskəpeɪd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a reckless or playful adventure that flouts convention

Their midnight escapade ended with a long lecture from the night watchman.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a reckless or playful... adventure caper exploit fling lark prank romp

Word family

Related forms escapescape

Etymology

From French escapade, from Spanish escapada 'an escape, escapade', from escapar 'to escape', from Vulgar Latin *excappare 'to get out of one's cape, escape', from ex- 'out' + cappa 'cloak'.

escapade French *excappare Latin cappa la-lat

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# escapade

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɛskəˌpeɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɛskəpeɪd/

## Meanings
1. a reckless or playful adventure that flouts convention

## Examples
- Their midnight escapade ended with a long lecture from the night watchman.

## Synonyms
- adventure
- caper
- exploit
- fling
- lark
- prank
- romp

## Related Forms
- escape
- scape

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: escapade
- Root: *excappare
- Root: cappa

## Etymology
From French escapade, from Spanish escapada 'an escape, escapade', from escapar 'to escape', from Vulgar Latin *excappare 'to get out of one's cape, escape', from ex- 'out' + cappa 'cloak'.

## AI Etymology
Escapade comes from French escapade, from Spanish escapada 'an escape, escapade', from escapar 'to escape', from Vulgar Latin *excappare 'to get out of one's cape, escape', from ex- 'out' + cappa 'cloak'. Morphologically, the form is compositional, with the named elements combining to produce the modern spelling and sense. In present use, it is used as a noun meaning "a reckless or playful adventure that flouts convention", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes related forms such as escape and scape, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include French escapade, Latin *excappare, and Latin cappa, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood includes adventure, caper, exploit, and fling, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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