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picaresque
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1pi·ca·resque

adjective \ˌpi-kə-ˈresk, ˌpē-\

Definition of PICARESQUE

: of or relating to rogues or rascals; also : of, relating to, suggesting, or being a type of fiction dealing with the episodic adventures of a usually roguish protagonist <a picaresque novel>
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Origin of PICARESQUE

Spanish picaresco, from pícaro
First Known Use: 1810

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with PICARESQUE

arabesque, Bunyanesque, copydesk, gigantesque, humoresque, Junoesque, Kafkaesque, picturesque, plateresque, Romanesque, Rubenesque, Runyonesque, sculpturesque, statuesque, Whitmanesque

2picaresque

noun

Definition of PICARESQUE

: one that is picaresque

First Known Use of PICARESQUE

1895

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

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