Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Escapade

Escapade , noun

[French, from Sp. escapada escape, from escapar to escape; or French, from Italian scappata escape, escapade, from scappare to escape. see Escape.]

1.
The fling of a horse, or ordinary kicking back of his heels; a gambol.
2.
Act by which one breaks loose from the rules of propriety or good sense; a freak; a prank. — Carlyle