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‖ rocambolesque, a.|rɒˌkæmbɒˈlɛsk|
[a. F. rocambolesque fantastic, f. Rocambole the name of a character in the novels of Ponson du Terrail (1829–71), French author, the subject of improbable and fantastic adventures + -esque.]
Of or resembling Rocambole (see etym.); incredible, fantastic.
1949Koestler Promise & Fulfilment i. viii. 91 It was the first anti-British terror act of the Irgun and it displayed already all the features of rocambolesque etiquette. 1960B. Marshall Divided Lady i. xxi. 75 How amused the General would have been by this rocambolesque religiosity. 1976New Society 13 May 370/3 An exemplary surrealistic life..which included a rocambolesque episode..in which he kidnapped his Bulgarian mistress from her husband. |