单词 | picaresque |
释义 | picaresque /pik'euh resk"/, adj. 1. pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people: picaresque novel; picaresque hero. 2. of, pertaining to, or resembling rogues. [1800-10; < Sp picaresco. See PICARO, -ESQUE] Syn. 2. prankish, rascally, devilish, raffish. |
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