PICARESQUE Definition & Meaning

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picaresque

[ pik-uh-resk ]

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adjective

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:
picaresque novel; picaresque hero.
of, relating to, or resembling rogues.
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picaresque

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adjective

of or relating to a type of fiction in which the hero, a rogue, goes through a series of episodic adventures. It originated in Spain in the 16th century
of or involving rogues or picaroons

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of picaresque¹

First recorded in 1800–10; from Spanish picaresco; picaro, -esque

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of picaresque¹

C19: via French from Spanish picaresco, from ��í�� a rogue

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But that would deprive us of Courage’s wild picaresque through a rural and ravaged America.

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But the story’s many twists and hair’s-breadth escapes — its devolution into a Holocaust picaresque — lack the foundation of historical truth that undergirded the writer’s debut effort.

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“The book is also a comedy, and there is a picaresque quality to it that Justin made a brilliant adaptation of, because it’s a romantic movie, but it’s also very funny.”

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He sees himself as a picaresque hero in the novel that exists in his mind — and forces the rest of us to deal with it.

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The sprawling, picaresque story uses 18th-century literary conventions to chronicle the adventures of Ebenezer Cooke, who takes possession of a tobacco farm in Maryland.

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