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Word: Desperado
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: pseudo-Spanish alteration of the obsolete noun desperate. Both desperate and desperado originally denoted a person in despair or in a desperate situation, hence someone made reckless by despair
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌdɛspəˈrɑːdəʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a desperate or reckless person, especially a criminal.
Short Definition:desperate person
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