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

Word History

Etymology

French, from Italian passata, from passare to pass (from—assumed—Vulgar Latin passare) + -ata -ade, verb

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