escapade

[ es-kuh-peyd, es-kuh-peyd ]

/ ˈɛs kəˌpeɪd, ˌɛs kəˈpeɪd /

a reckless adventure or wild prank.

an escape from confinement or restraint.

Origin of escapade

1645–55; < French < Spanish escapada, equivalent to escap(ar) to escape + -ada -ade¹

caper, antic, caprice.

But then—we were like two errant school-girls, who had been caught m an escapade!

Sylvia's Marriage |Upton Sinclair
We have lost two men and five horses by the result of this escapade.

The Pursuit |Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile
But the present disappearance of the ring will cause her to think you have repeated the escapade.

The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton |Wardon Allan Curtis
It told her how absurd she would appear to other people in this dangerous midnight escapade; what risks she was running.

Molly Brown's Junior Days |Nell Speed

It doesn't exactly please me that a guest of mine should indulge in an escapade of this description.

A Prairie Courtship |Harold Bindloss

escapade

/ (ˈɛskəˌpeɪd, ˌɛskəˈpeɪd) /

a wild or exciting adventure, esp one that is mischievous or unlawful; scrape

any lighthearted or carefree episode; prank; romp

C17: from French, from Old Italian scappata, from Vulgar Latin ex-cappāre (unattested) to escape