scape

¹

[skeyp]

noun

1. Botany.,  a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.

2. Zoology.,  a stemlike part, as the shaft of a feather.

3. Architecture.,  the shaft of a column.

4. Entomology.,  the stemlike basal segment of the antenna of certain insects.

scape

²

Or 'scape

[skeyp]

noun

Archaic.

scaped, scaping 

1. an archaic variant of escape.

-scape

³

1. a combining form extracted from landscape, denoting “an extensive view, scenery,” or “a picture or representation” of such a view, as specified by the initial element.

   cityscape; moonscape; seascape.

scape

¹

/ skeɪp /

noun

1. a leafless stalk in plants that arises from a rosette of leaves and bears one or more flowers

2. zoology a stalklike part, such as the first segment of an insect's antenna

-scape

²

suffix

1. indicating a scene or view of something, esp a pictorial representation

   seascape

scape

³

/ skeɪp /

verb

1. an archaic word for escape

Other Word Forms

• scapose adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scape¹

1595–1605; < Latin scāpus stalk < Doric Greek skâpos, akin to Attic skêptron staff, scepter

Word History and Origins

Origin of scape¹

C17: from Latin scāpus stem, from (Doric) Greek skapos; see _shaft

Origin of scape²

abstracted from _landscape

Related Words

• aspect 
• outlook 
• view 
• vision