Definition of picaresque
English to English adjective - Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer.
source: Webster 1913 adjective satellite - involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
Picaresque novels.
Waifs of the picaresque tradition.
A picaresque hero.
source: WordNet 3.0
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