passade
noun
pas·sade
pəˈsād
plural -s
1
: a turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot
2
: a passing love affair : flirtation
it describes a passade, a riffle on the surface of life
Anthony West
Anthony West
Word History
Etymology
French, from Italian passata, from passare to pass (from—assumed—Vulgar Latin passare) + -ata -ade, verb