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Definition picaresque
Etymology
From picaro (“adventurer, rogue”) + -esque (suffix meaning ‘in the style or manner of’ forming adjectives), modelled after Spanish picaresco (“in the style or manner of a picaro; picaresque”), from pícaro (“rogue”) + -esco (suffix forming adjectives indicating a relation). The English word is cognate with French picaresque (attested later than the English word), Italian picaresco, Portuguese picaresco.
Adjective
picaresque (comparative more picaresque, superlative most picaresque)
- Of or pertaining to adventurers or rogues.
- (literature) Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero.
Noun
picaresque (plural picaresques)
- (literature) A picaresque novel.
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