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noun, plural des·per·a·does, des·per·a·dos.
a bold, reckless criminal or outlaw, especially in the early days of the American West.
Origin:
1600–10; probably pseudo-Spanish alteration of desperate (as noun, now obsolete), in same sense
1600–10; probably pseudo-Spanish alteration of desperate (as noun, now obsolete), in same sense
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Desperado
is an SAT word you need to know.
So is lax. Does it mean:
| not strict or severe |
| initiative, aggressiveness and resourcefulness |
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Word Origin & History
desperado
1610, "a person in despair," mock-Spanish version of desperate (n.) "reckless criminal" (1563), from L. desperatus (see desperation). There was an adj. desperado in O.Sp., meaning "out of hope, desperate," but apparently it never was used as a noun and it probably has
EXPANDnothing to do with the Eng. word. Meaning "a desperate or reckless man" is recorded from 1647.
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