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picaresque

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) picaresque (adjective)
  2. 2) picaresque (noun)

1pi·ca·resque

adj \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

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