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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pic•a•resque /ˌpɪkəˈrɛsk/USA pronunciation adj. - Literatureof or relating to a form of written fiction in which the adventures of a dishonest but fun-loving hero are described in a series of humorous episodes.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pic•a•resque (pik′ə resk′),USA pronunciation adj. - Literaturepertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people:picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
- of, pertaining to, or resembling rogues.
- Spanish picaresco. See picaro, -esque
- 1800–10
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged prankish, rascally, devilish, raffish.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: picaresque /ˌpɪkəˈrɛsk/ adj - of or relating to a type of fiction in which the hero, a rogue, goes through a series of episodic adventures. It originated in Spain in the 16th century
Etymology: 19th Century: via French from Spanish picaresco, from pícaro a rogue |