pic·a·resque  (p ĭk ′ə-r ĕsk , p ē′k ə-)
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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 their wits in a corrupt society. n. One that is picaresque.
[French, from Spanish picaresco, from pícaro, picaro; see PICARO.] |
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