an exciting adventure (often one that people think is dangerous or stupid)Isabel’s latest romantic escapadeThe people who planned the escapade did not realize what they were getting involved in.Wordfinderadventureadrenaline,adventure,attempt,challenge,enthusiasm,escapade,excitement,explore,kick,thrillWord Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘an escape’): from French, from Provençal or Spanish, from escapar ‘to escape’, based on medieval Latin ex- ‘out of’ + cappa ‘cloak’. Compare with escape.
See escapade in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
