picaresque - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'picaresque' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Picaresque

[ a.]

- Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer.

1 . picaresque

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction

Example in sentence:

pic pica picador picamar picapare picard picariae picarian picaroon picayune

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