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(pik′ə resk′)

adjective

of, like, or having to do with sharp-witted vagabonds or rogues
designating or characteristic of a kind of fiction that originated in Spain and deals episodically with the adventures of a hero who is or resembles such a vagabond or rogue

Origin: Sp picaresco < pícaro, rascal, orig. knavish, vile

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adjective

Of or involving clever rogues or adventurers.
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 his or her wits in a corrupt society.

noun

One that is picaresque.

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Origin: French

Origin: , from Spanish picaresco

Origin: , from pícaro, picaro; see picaro

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