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picaresqueenUK
picaresquea style of fiction dealing with the episodic adventures of rogues; pertaining to or resembling rogues
Not to be confused with:picturesque – beautiful or striking as in a picture: a picturesque scene; strikingly graphic; vivid: picturesque speechpic·a·resque P0284300 (pĭk′ə-rĕsk′, pē′kə-)adj.1. Of or involving clever rogues or adventurers.2. Of or relating to a genre of usually satiric prose fiction originating in Spain and depicting in realistic, often humorous detail the adventures of a roguish hero of low social degree living by his or her wits in a corrupt society.n. One that is picaresque.
[French, from Spanish picaresco, from pícaro, picaro; see picaro.]picaresque (ˌpɪkəˈrɛsk) adj1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) of or relating to a type of fiction in which the hero, a rogue, goes through a series of episodic adventures. It originated in Spain in the 16th century2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) of or involving rogues or picaroons[C19: via French from Spanish picaresco, from pícaro a rogue]pic•a•resque (ˌpɪk əˈrɛsk)
adj. 1. of or pertaining to a form of prose fiction, orig. developed in Spain, in which the adventures of a roguish hero are described in a series of usu. humorous or satiric episodes. 2. of, pertaining to, or resembling rogues. [1800–10; < Sp picaresco] picaresqueA genre in which a roguish hero or heroine goes through a series of adventures.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | picaresque - involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction; "picaresque novels"; "waifs of the picaresque tradition"; "a picaresque hero"dishonest, dishonorable - deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive |
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picaresqueenUK
picaresque of or relating to a type of fiction in which the hero, a rogue, goes through a series of episodic adventures. It originated in Spain in the 16th century picaresqueenUK
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