Picaresque definitions

Picaresque

1) Adjective for Tom Jones 2) Dishonest 3) Dishonorable 4) Like Don Quixote de la Mancha 5) Like tales of rogues 6) Style of fiction
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Picaresque

1) Dishonest 2) Raffish
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picaresque

of, like or pertaining or pertaining to rogues or roguish behaviour
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Picaresque

• (a.) Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer.
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picaresque

Genre of novel that takes a rogue or villain for its central character, telling his or her story in episodic form. The genre originated in Spain and was popular in the 18th century in Britain....
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Picaresque

Pic`a·resque' adjective [ French, from Spanish picaro rogue.] Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro , meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer.
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picaresque

involving clever rogues or adventurers 
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picaresque

[adj] - involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
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picaresque

adjective involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction; `picaresque novels`; `waifs of the picaresque tradition`; `a picaresque hero`
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Picaresque

A term derived from Spanish fiction, picaresque is characterized by episodic organization and a focus on the adventures of a picaro (rogue or trickster). Picaresque presents a series of self-contained adventures (like 'beads on a string'), as opposed to a developmental narrative. The picaro is a typically a wandering liminal figure and can satirize...
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picaresque

(of fiction) involving clever rogues or adventurers
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picaresque

[Difficult words] (of fiction) involving clever rogues or adventurers
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picaresque

[Obscure words] (of fiction) involving clever rogues or adventurers
Found on https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/675552

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