pəˈsād noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Italian passata, from passare to pass (from — assumed — Vulgar Latin passare ) + -ata -ade — more at pass , vb.
1. : a turn or course of a horse backward or forward on the same spot
2. : a passing love affair : flirtation
it describes a passade , a riffle on the surface of life — Anthony West