Escapade is ... What does the word mean?

Escapade (escapade) - a word that came in Russian from French. In this language it has a double meaning: first, the escapade is a kind of prank, leprosy, and secondly - a secret escape, flight.

In Russian, this word has taken hold quite a long time. Writers of the XIX-XX centuries used quite interesting borrowing in their work. For example: "... only recklessness can undertake an escapade against this fortress" (LM Serebryakov, 1845). Or: "Still, I do not like all these escapades. In everything there must be a measure "(AN Arbuzov, 1950). Here the word "escapade" is nothing more than a reckless trick, an excessive, dashing trick, an attack.

Bold fragrance

Perfumers Givenchy the word inspired the image of an easy, young, reckless girl, dreamy and extravagant. Therefore, in 2010 a new created toilet water was named Reve d'Escapade. According to customers, the perfume from "ZHivanshi" - "Escada" - fully justifies its name. In this concept they put the same meaning as the specialists of the perfumery company: extravagant, unexpected, courageous act. That is, the fragrance casts such a feeling.

Here, most likely, both meanings of this word have united: first, "flight", secondly, "a brave act". The literal translation of the name of the toilet water from French means "a dream of secret escape." It's about some kind of bold journey that will open up a new world, changes, like a fresh floral wind of spring.

Names and terms

The sonorous, beautiful word is the name of various magazines, companies, brands, for which bold decisions and "daring tricks" are characteristic. So, for example, the company-manufacturer of interior textiles, the leader in the Russian market, is called "Escapade". This name, as a bold decision, some impudence gives an incentive to create and create masterpieces.

There is a consonant term in fencing, it means an attempt to make a prick with a sword, a sudden sudden attack. The meaning echoes the definition of the concept of "escapade" in the dictionaries of the Russian language.