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   desperado

   /ˌdɛspəˈrɑːdəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. a desperate or reckless person, especially a criminal. dated

   Word Origin 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.

   Derivatives

   • 1. desperadoism noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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