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picaresque
What does picaresque mean?
picaresque (adjective): of or pertaining to adventurers or rogues.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use picaresque in a sentence?
- Picaresque novels. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- A picaresque hero. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce picaresque?
/pɪkəˈɹɛsk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does picaresque come from?
From picaro (“adventurer, rogue”) + -esque (suffix meaning ‘in the style or manner of’ forming adjectives), modelled after Spanish picaresco (“in the style or manner of a picaro; picaresque”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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