Definitions for picaresqueˌpɪk əˈrɛsk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pic•a•resqueˌpɪk əˈrɛsk(adj.)
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.
Category: Literature
of, pertaining to, or resembling rogues.
Origin of picaresque:
1800–10; < Sp picaresco
Princeton's WordNet
picaresque(adj)
involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
"picaresque novels"; "waifs of the picaresque tradition"; "a picaresque hero"
Wiktionary
picaresque(Noun)
A picaresque novel.
picaresque(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to rogues or adventurers
picaresque(Adjective)
Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero
Webster Dictionary
Picaresque(adj)
applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer
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