desperado
/ˌdespəˈrɑːdəʊ/noun
(pl. -oes 或-os)
- dated a desperate or reckless person, especially a criminal〈旧〉亡命之徒; 铤而走险的人(尤指罪犯)。
派生词
desperadoism
noun词源
early 17th cent.: 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.