单词 | picaresque |
释义 | pic·a·resque (pĭk′ə-rĕsk, pē′kə-) adj. 1. Of or involving clever rogues or adventurers. 2. 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. n. One that is picaresque. [French, from Spanish picaresco, from pícaro, picaro; see PICARO.] |
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