picaresqueadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌpɪkəˈrɛsk/, U.S.

/ˌpɪkəˈrɛsk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Spanish lexical item. Etymons: picaro n., -esque suffix.

Etymology: < picaro n. + -esque suffix, after Spanish picaresco of or relating to a picaro, in the style of a picaro (1569), (of narrative fiction) in the picaresque style (1836 in anécdotas picarescas , although compare quot. 1827 at sense A. 1). Compare Portuguese picaresco (1619), Italian picaresco (1635), French picaresque (1836). With use as noun compare Spanish picaresca (1605 in sense ‘vagrant lifestyle’, probably short for vida picaresca picaresque life; 1989 or earlier denoting the literary genre, probably short for novela picaresca, historia picaresca, or literatura picaresca), French picaresque (1910, denoting the literary genre).

A. adj.

1. Originally: relating to or characteristic of a rogue or knave. Now chiefly: designating a genre of narrative fiction which deals episodically with the adventures of an individual, usually a roguish and dishonest but attractive hero (cf. picaro n., picaroon n.¹ 1). Also: having the attributes associated with this genre of narrative.The picaresque novel originated in Spain in the 16th cent., La Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes (c1554) usually being cited as the earliest example. In English, the genre is associated particularly with 18th-cent. writers such as Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, and Tobias Smollett. The picaresque style is characterized by social satire and realistic descriptions of scenes from low life.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > [adjective]

pautenerc1330

palliard1484

limmer?a1513

limmerful?a1513

slovenly?1518

knavish1552

patchingc1555

rascal1566

roguing1566

knaifatic1568

roguish1572

rascally1586

land-loping1587

Scanderbegging1593

cullionly1608

rogorous1609

loseling1624

scoundrel1643

schelmish1654

pickled1683

rapscallionly1699

scoundrelish1705

rapscallion1711

pickle1774

scoundrelly1790

picaresque1822

furciferous1823

scapegrace1830

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [adjective] > specifically of actions, qualities, etc.

roguish1572

whelpish1586

rascally1587

loseling1624

scoundrel1681

scoundrelish1705

picaresque1822

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [adjective] > types of novel

picaresque1822

Gothic1825

Minerva press1843

yellow1843

western1846

bluggy1876

cape and sword (also cape and cloak)1898

Mills & Boon1912

straight1936

blockbusting1943

Mills and Boony1946

private eye1946

police procedural1957

thrillerish1957

porno-Gothic1968

romantic1977

neo-noir1986

bonkbusting1993

1822 Retrospective Rev. 5 189 A mere piece of roguery told in the abstract, without the proper picaresque ornaments, its manifold sinuosities and dexterities, has no interest for the reader.

1827 W. Scott Misc. Prose Wks. IV. 285 We could select from these picaresque romances a good deal that is not a little amusing.

1829 W. Scott Jrnl. 28 Feb. (1946) 27 Memoirs of Vidocque..a picaresque tale..a romance of roguery.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. viii. 614 This [sc. the Lazarillo de Tormes] is the first known specimen in Spain of the picaresque, or rogue style.

1879 Times 26 Dec. 9/2 There was a recent case..of which I venture to condense the particulars, as they seem to me to..illustrate the windings and turnings of picaresque ingenuity.

1918 A. G. Gardiner Leaves in Wind 245 Near by lives a distinguished lady of romantic picaresque tastes, who dotes on street pianos.

1955 Times 9 Aug. 9/7 The Russians are paying a price for the energetic imposing of rigid form..on a nation which is in character essentially picaresque.

1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Oct. 1112/3 The eternal resilience of the picaresque hero.

1994 H. Bloom Western Canon ii. v. 130 Cervantes' remarkable experiment is credited by many as having invented the novel, as opposed to the picaresque narrative.

2004 New Yorker 9 Feb. 81/2 A picaresque series of exploits that illustrate her ability to live by her wits as an ashawo—a ‘semi-professional’ prostitute.

2. Of a lifestyle, etc.: wandering, drifting; transitory, impermanent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective]

slidinga900

scrithingOE

henwardOE

swifta1225

short livya1325

passing1340

flittingc1374

shadowy1374

temporalc1384

speedfula1400

transitory?c1400

brittlea1425

unabidingc1430

frail?c1450

indurablec1450

scrithel?c1475

caduke1483

transitorious1492

passanta1500

perishinga1500

caducea1513

fugitive?1518

caducal?1548

quick1548

delible1549

flittering1549

undurable?1555

shadowish1561

fleeting1563

vading1566

flightful1571

wanzing1571

transitive1575

slipping1581

diary1583

unlasting1585

never-lasting1588

flit1590

post-like1594

running1598

short-lived1598

short-winded1598

transient1599

unpermanent1607

flashy1609

of a day1612

passable1613

dureless1614

urgenta1616

waxena1616

decayable1617

horary1620

evanid1626

fugitable1628

short-dated1632

fugacious1635

ephemerala1639

impermanent1653

fungous1655

volatile1655

ephemerousa1660

unimmortal1667

timesome1674

while-being1674

of passage1680

journal1685

ephemeron1714

admovent1727

evanescent1728

meteorous1750

deciduous1763

preterient1786

ephemeridal1795

meteorica1802

meteor1803

ephemerean1804

ephemerid1804

evanescing1805

fleeted1810

fleet1812

unenduring1814

unremaining1817

unimmortalized1839

impersistent1849

flighty1850

uneternal1862

caducous1863

diurnal1866

horarious1866

brisk1879

evasive1881

picaresque1959

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > inclined to or characterized by wandering

wancraunt1422

roving1566

runabout1573

wandering1582

vagrant1583

gaddy1637

outward-bound1743

gadabout1753

free-ranging1841

planeticose1849

knockabout1886

picaresque1959

1959 Manch. Guardian 28 July 6/5 The boys are attracted by the picaresque nature of working with a private building or decorating firm.

1963 Times 30 May 17/5 They are not the kind of books to be held in a child's hand or slipped in the teenage pocket. Weight and size deny the volumes a picaresque existence.

1992 B. E. Rollin Animal Rights & Human Morality (rev. ed.) 227 The ideal life envisioned for the dog has never been part of its nature. No wild canids live this picaresque existence.

2004 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 20 June It was a picaresque life, lived in hotels on the fringes of ‘normal’ society.

B. n.

Usually with the: that which is picaresque; the genre or style of picaresque literature. As a count noun: an example of this; a picaresque narrative, experience, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > picaresque style

picaresque1895

1822 W. Scott Prefatory Mem. Le Sage in Novels Le Sage & Charles Johnstone p. xxi The Adventures of Guzman d'Alfarache, the most celebrated of the Spanish romances a la picaresque.]

1895 H. B. M. Watson in Bookman Oct. 19/2 He exalts Disraeli... He loves a trickster; the picaresque amuses him.

1911 C. E. Morgan Rise Novel of Manners i. 46 The form, but not the matter of the picaresque is utilized in a curious little work, The Compleat Mendicant (1699).

1928 C. Morley Essays 533 Those authors' delicious mysteries and picaresques I took for granted, not troubling over their method.

1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1035/4 There is a strong school of black picaresque.

1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Apr. 481/5 The central character of this contemporary picaresque of the mind [sc. a novel].

2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians i. 19 The story, published between 1836 and 1837 in serial parts, was a rambling picaresque.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	picaresque
释义	picaresqueadj.n. Brit. /ˌpɪkəˈrɛsk/, U.S. /ˌpɪkəˈrɛsk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Spanish lexical item. Etymons: picaro n., -esque suffix. Etymology: < picaro n. + -esque suffix, after Spanish picaresco of or relating to a picaro, in the style of a picaro (1569), (of narrative fiction) in the picaresque style (1836 in anécdotas picarescas , although compare quot. 1827 at sense A. 1). Compare Portuguese picaresco (1619), Italian picaresco (1635), French picaresque (1836). With use as noun compare Spanish picaresca (1605 in sense ‘vagrant lifestyle’, probably short for vida picaresca picaresque life; 1989 or earlier denoting the literary genre, probably short for novela picaresca, historia picaresca, or literatura picaresca), French picaresque (1910, denoting the literary genre). A. adj. 1. Originally: relating to or characteristic of a rogue or knave. Now chiefly: designating a genre of narrative fiction which deals episodically with the adventures of an individual, usually a roguish and dishonest but attractive hero (cf. picaro n., picaroon n.¹ 1). Also: having the attributes associated with this genre of narrative.The picaresque novel originated in Spain in the 16th cent., La Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes (c1554) usually being cited as the earliest example. In English, the genre is associated particularly with 18th-cent. writers such as Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, and Tobias Smollett. The picaresque style is characterized by social satire and realistic descriptions of scenes from low life. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > roguery > [adjective] pautenerc1330 palliard1484 limmer?a1513 limmerful?a1513 slovenly?1518 knavish1552 patchingc1555 rascal1566 roguing1566 knaifatic1568 roguish1572 rascally1586 land-loping1587 Scanderbegging1593 cullionly1608 rogorous1609 loseling1624 scoundrel1643 schelmish1654 pickled1683 rapscallionly1699 scoundrelish1705 rapscallion1711 pickle1774 scoundrelly1790 picaresque1822 furciferous1823 scapegrace1830 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [adjective] > specifically of actions, qualities, etc. roguish1572 whelpish1586 rascally1587 loseling1624 scoundrel1681 scoundrelish1705 picaresque1822 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [adjective] > types of novel picaresque1822 Gothic1825 Minerva press1843 yellow1843 western1846 bluggy1876 cape and sword (also cape and cloak)1898 Mills & Boon1912 straight1936 blockbusting1943 Mills and Boony1946 private eye1946 police procedural1957 thrillerish1957 porno-Gothic1968 romantic1977 neo-noir1986 bonkbusting1993 1822 Retrospective Rev. 5 189 A mere piece of roguery told in the abstract, without the proper picaresque ornaments, its manifold sinuosities and dexterities, has no interest for the reader. 1827 W. Scott Misc. Prose Wks. IV. 285 We could select from these picaresque romances a good deal that is not a little amusing. 1829 W. Scott Jrnl. 28 Feb. (1946) 27 Memoirs of Vidocque..a picaresque tale..a romance of roguery. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. viii. 614 This [sc. the Lazarillo de Tormes] is the first known specimen in Spain of the picaresque, or rogue style. 1879 Times 26 Dec. 9/2 There was a recent case..of which I venture to condense the particulars, as they seem to me to..illustrate the windings and turnings of picaresque ingenuity. 1918 A. G. Gardiner Leaves in Wind 245 Near by lives a distinguished lady of romantic picaresque tastes, who dotes on street pianos. 1955 Times 9 Aug. 9/7 The Russians are paying a price for the energetic imposing of rigid form..on a nation which is in character essentially picaresque. 1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Oct. 1112/3 The eternal resilience of the picaresque hero. 1994 H. Bloom Western Canon ii. v. 130 Cervantes' remarkable experiment is credited by many as having invented the novel, as opposed to the picaresque narrative. 2004 New Yorker 9 Feb. 81/2 A picaresque series of exploits that illustrate her ability to live by her wits as an ashawo—a ‘semi-professional’ prostitute. 2. Of a lifestyle, etc.: wandering, drifting; transitory, impermanent. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective] slidinga900 scrithingOE henwardOE swifta1225 short livya1325 passing1340 flittingc1374 shadowy1374 temporalc1384 speedfula1400 transitory?c1400 brittlea1425 unabidingc1430 frail?c1450 indurablec1450 scrithel?c1475 caduke1483 transitorious1492 passanta1500 perishinga1500 caducea1513 fugitive?1518 caducal?1548 quick1548 delible1549 flittering1549 undurable?1555 shadowish1561 fleeting1563 vading1566 flightful1571 wanzing1571 transitive1575 slipping1581 diary1583 unlasting1585 never-lasting1588 flit1590 post-like1594 running1598 short-lived1598 short-winded1598 transient1599 unpermanent1607 flashy1609 of a day1612 passable1613 dureless1614 urgenta1616 waxena1616 decayable1617 horary1620 evanid1626 fugitable1628 short-dated1632 fugacious1635 ephemerala1639 impermanent1653 fungous1655 volatile1655 ephemerousa1660 unimmortal1667 timesome1674 while-being1674 of passage1680 journal1685 ephemeron1714 admovent1727 evanescent1728 meteorous1750 deciduous1763 preterient1786 ephemeridal1795 meteorica1802 meteor1803 ephemerean1804 ephemerid1804 evanescing1805 fleeted1810 fleet1812 unenduring1814 unremaining1817 unimmortalized1839 impersistent1849 flighty1850 uneternal1862 caducous1863 diurnal1866 horarious1866 brisk1879 evasive1881 picaresque1959 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > inclined to or characterized by wandering wancraunt1422 roving1566 runabout1573 wandering1582 vagrant1583 gaddy1637 outward-bound1743 gadabout1753 free-ranging1841 planeticose1849 knockabout1886 picaresque1959 1959 Manch. Guardian 28 July 6/5 The boys are attracted by the picaresque nature of working with a private building or decorating firm. 1963 Times 30 May 17/5 They are not the kind of books to be held in a child's hand or slipped in the teenage pocket. Weight and size deny the volumes a picaresque existence. 1992 B. E. Rollin Animal Rights & Human Morality (rev. ed.) 227 The ideal life envisioned for the dog has never been part of its nature. No wild canids live this picaresque existence. 2004 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 20 June It was a picaresque life, lived in hotels on the fringes of ‘normal’ society. B. n. Usually with the: that which is picaresque; the genre or style of picaresque literature. As a count noun: an example of this; a picaresque narrative, experience, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > picaresque style picaresque1895 1822 W. Scott Prefatory Mem. Le Sage in Novels Le Sage & Charles Johnstone p. xxi The Adventures of Guzman d'Alfarache, the most celebrated of the Spanish romances a la picaresque.] 1895 H. B. M. Watson in Bookman Oct. 19/2 He exalts Disraeli... He loves a trickster; the picaresque amuses him. 1911 C. E. Morgan Rise Novel of Manners i. 46 The form, but not the matter of the picaresque is utilized in a curious little work, The Compleat Mendicant (1699). 1928 C. Morley Essays 533 Those authors' delicious mysteries and picaresques I took for granted, not troubling over their method. 1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Nov. 1035/4 There is a strong school of black picaresque. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Apr. 481/5 The central character of this contemporary picaresque of the mind [sc. a novel]. 2002 A. N. Wilson Victorians i. 19 The story, published between 1836 and 1837 in serial parts, was a rambling picaresque. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1822
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