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‖ passado Obs.|pəˈsɑːdəʊ| [Altered from F. passade, or Sp. pasada, It. passata (both of these also in early use): see prec. and -ado.] 1. Fencing. A forward thrust with the sword, one foot being advanced at the same time.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. i. ii. 184 The Passado hee [Cupid] respects not, the Duello he regards not. [1595Saviolo Practise K ij, You may with much sodainenesse make a passata with your lefte foote.] 1598B. Jonson Ev. Man in Hum. iv. v, I would teach these 19 the special tricks [ed. 1616 rules], as your Punto, your Reverso, your Stoccato, your Imbroccato, your Passado [ed. 1616 passada], your Montaunto. 1636Dekker Wond. Kingd. i. i. Wks. 1873 IV. 222, I have my Passees Sir: and my Passadoes. 1830James Darnley xv, We'll have no crowd..to criticise our passados. attrib.1648Merc. Acad. No. i. 6 After a Passado complement with his Chancellorship. 2. = passage 13 b.
1606Sir G. Goosecappe i. iii. in Bullen O. Pl. III. 19, I am sure I past one Passado of Courtship upon her. 1656Heylin Surv. France 39 In the Passados of their court-ship, they [the French] expresse themselves with much variety of gesture. 3. Way, going, passage. rare.
1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe (1871) 89 Angelo went off, and all wind instruments blew..in his passado to the Pope's ordinary or dining-chamber. |