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1. (adj.) picaresque
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. picaresque
of, pertaining to, or resembling rogues.
Etymology: (1800–10; < Sp picaresco)
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1. (adj) picaresque
involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
"picaresque novels"; "waifs of the picaresque tradition"; "a picaresque hero"
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1. (adj) picaresque
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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