desperado
Plural: desperadoes, desperados
Noun
- a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
- A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West.
- A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc.
- A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship.
- A piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically to bring about stalemate or perpetual check.
Origin / Etymology
From obsolete Spanish desperado, past participle of desperar, archaic form of desesperar (“to despair”), from Latin disperare (“to despair, to lose hope”), from prefix dis- + sperare (“to hope”). Doublet of desperate.
Synonyms
desperate criminal
Scrabble Score: 13
desperado: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddesperado: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
desperado: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
desperado: valid Words With Friends Word