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Meaning of picaresque in English
Pronunciation
/ˌpɪkəˈrɛsk/
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Classifying Adjective
picaresque
Definitions
1.
involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
Examples
« picaresque novels »
« waifs of the picaresque tradition »
« a picaresque hero »
Synonyms
dishonest
dishonorable