‘scape
[skeyp] /skeɪp/
noun, verb (used with object), verb (used without object), scaped, scaping. archaic.
escape.
also, ‘scape.
scape2
/skeɪp/
verb, noun
an archaic word for escape
scape1
/skeɪp/
noun
a leafless stalk in plants that arises from a rosette of leaves and bears one or more flowers
(zoology) a stalklike part, such as the first segment of an insect’s antenna
derived forms
scapose, adjective
word origin
c17: from latin scāpus stem, from (doric) greek skapos; see shaft
scape
“scenery view,” 1773, abstracted from landscape (q.v.); as a new comb. element, first attested use is 1796, in prisonscape.
scape
c.1275, aphetic form of escape; frequent in prose till late 17c.
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