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PICARESQUE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does picaresque mean?
• PICARESQUE (adjective)
The adjective PICARESQUE has 1 sense:
1. involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
Familiarity information: PICARESQUE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: picaresquer
Superlative: picaresquest
Superlative: picaresquest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
Context example:
a picaresque hero
Similar:
dishonest; dishonorable (deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive)
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