desperado/dɛspəˈɹɑːdəʊ/EtymologyFrom 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.desperado means A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 68 out of 100.nounA bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West.“The kind of persons who excite or give signal to such revolutions — students, young men of letters […], or fierce and justly bankrupt desperadoes, acting everywhere on the discontent of the millions and blowing it into flame, — might give rise to reflections as to the character of our epoch.”A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc.“The shortstops and desperados were not permitted to play in this marker crap game.”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.