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Picaresque - What does it mean?

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picaresque

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to rogues or adventurers
  • (literature) Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero
  • * 2009 , Neil McDonald, Quadrant , November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 103:
    • Opening in France just before the Revolution and concluding just after the attack on the Tuileries, Sabatini's novel deftly combines historical romance, picaresque novel and revenge tragedy.

    Derived terms

    * picaresquely * picaresqueness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A picaresque novel.

    • See also

    * (Picaresque novel)

    Not English

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