escapologist.html - n.
the methods and techniques of escaping from confinement, esp. as a form of entertainment.

escapologist n.

escapologist.html - n.
a piece of daring or reckless behaviour. [F f. Prov. or Sp. escapada (as ESCAPE)]

escapologist.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 intr. (often foll. by from) get free of the restriction or control of a place, person, etc.
2 intr. (of a gas, liquid, etc.) leak from a container or pipe etc.
3 intr. succeed in avoiding danger, punishment, etc.; get off safely.
4 tr. get completely free of (a person, grasp, etc.).
5 tr. avoid or elude (a commitment, danger, etc.).
6 tr. elude the notice or memory of (nothing escapes you; the name escaped me).
7 tr. (of words etc.) issue unawares from (a person, a person's lips).

--n.

1 the act or an instance of escaping; avoidance of danger, injury, etc.
2 the state of having escaped (was a narrow escape).
3 a means of escaping (often attrib. : escape hatch).
4 a leakage of gas etc.
5 a temporary relief from reality or worry.
6 a garden plant running wild.

escape clause Law a clause specifying the conditions under which a contracting party is free from an obligation. escape road a road for a vehicle to turn into if unable to negotiate a bend, descent, etc., safely (esp. on a racetrack). escape velocity the minimum velocity needed to escape from the gravitational field of a body. escape wheel a toothed wheel in the escapement of a watch or clock.

escapable adj. escaper n. [ME f. AF, ONF escaper ult. f. med.L (as EX-(1), cappa cloak)]

escapologist.html - n.
a person, esp. a prisoner, who has escaped.

escapologist.html - n.
1 the part of a clock or watch that connects and regulates the motive power.
2 the part of the mechanism in a piano that enables the hammer to fall back immediately it has struck the string.
3 archaic a means of escape. [F ÷chappement f. ÷chapper ESCAPE]

escapologist.html - n.
the tendency to seek distraction and relief from reality, esp. in the arts or through fantasy.

escapist n. & adj.