Definitions for picaresque

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picaresque pic·a·resque

Spelling: [pik-uh-resk]

IPA: /ˌpɪk əˈrɛsk/

Picaresque is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 26 points.

You can make 646 anagrams from letters in picaresque (aceeipqrsu).

Definitions for picaresque

adjective

1. pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in Spain, in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes that often depict, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people:
2. of, relating to, or resembling rogues.

Origin of picaresque

From the Spanish word picaresco, dating back to 1800-10. See picaro, -esque

Examples for picaresque

The picaresque escapades and legendary extravagances of the brothers are indulged with a collective wink.

Here again, of course, the picaresque model comes in, and there is a good deal of directly borrowed matter.

But the narratives also look backward to an older type, the picaresque.

He has taken a rascal for the hero of his picaresque and rattling romance.

Then there were some of the writers of the picaresque novels.

That said, Waters has come a long way since the picaresque adventures of Nan and Kitty.

His square face was confident, his foxy mustache was picaresque.

A variety of the picaresque species was the "books of beggars."

There were in Germany popular tales which were picaresque novels in embryo.

The artist's picaresque burin had made Robespierre as hideous as possible.