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passade|pəˈseɪd|
[a. F. passade, ad. Pr. passada or It. passata (Sp. pasada), f. passare to pass: see -ade, -ada, -ata.]
1. Horsemanship. (See quots.) rare.
1656Blount Glossogr. [from Cotgr.], Passade,..the manage of a Horse, backward and forward. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Passade, in the manage, signifies a turn, or course of a horse backwards or forwards on the same plot of ground; passing or repassing from one end to the other. 1892B. Hinton Lord's Return 214 The action of Sir Walter was like the passade in the manege, a turn backward, forward, without being able to extricate himself.
†2. An alms given to a passer-by. Obs. rare.
1656Blount Glossogr. [from Cotgr.], Passade, an alms, benevolence or entertainment given by, or to a Passenger. 1658in Phillips. 1727–41in Chambers Cycl.
†3. = next, 1. Obs. rare.
1706Phillips, Passade or Passado, a Pass or Thrust in Fencing. 1727–41in Chambers Cycl.
4. (With pronunc. ‖ pasad). A transitory love affair; a passing romance.
1931Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Feb. 134/2 His [sc. Mérimée's] singular passade with George Sand. 1934H. G. Wells Exper. Autobiogr. II. vii. 465 The French..distinguish between the passade, a stroke of mutual attraction that may happen to any couple, and a real love affair. In theory, I was now to have passades. Ibid. 466 For women even more than for men, the frequent passade seems unattractive. 1937― Brynhild ix. 176 This lady had experienced two grand passions and a vast number of minor passades... The term passade was new to Brynhild. She tried to imagine the technique of a passade. 1938― Apropos of Dolores iv. 158 She has a wonderful French word ‘passades’. She may have passades. Possibly with rather scared youngish men. 1973Wodehouse Bachelors Anonymous viii. 88 ‘Sure I did, the first moment I got here,’ said Mr Llewellyn, feeling it unnecessary to complicate things by mentioning his passade with Miss Vera Dalrymple. |