HyperDic: picaresque

English > 1 sense of the word picaresque:
ADJECTIVEallpicaresqueinvolving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
English > picaresque: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningInvolving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction.
Examples
  • "picaresque novels"
  • "waifs of the picaresque tradition"
  • "a picaresque hero"
Broaderdishonest, dishonorabledeceptive or fraudulent
Spanishpicaresco
Catalanpicaresc

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