picaresque

Speech parts

1. picaresque - Noun

2. picaresque - Adjective

3. picaresque - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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's dictionary

Synonyms

crooked occasional irregular corrupt sporadic disconnected fraudulent wandering roundabout incidental segmented disjointed deceitful rambling dishonorable
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Antonyms

true noble correct proper moral straight
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Examples

I've always been fascinated by the picaresque. David Mamet

A turning point in the public's perception of the building art came with the publication of Frank Lloyd Wright's 'An Autobiography' of 1932, a picaresque narrative that captivated many who hadn't the slightest inkling of what architects actually did. Martin Filler

picaresque novels Source: Internet

waifs of the picaresque tradition Source: Internet

a picaresque hero Source: Internet

Another popular form was a collection of jests, jokes and funny situations attributed to a single character in a more connected, narrative form of the picaresque novel. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Picardy sweating sickness Picardy third picarel picaresquely picaresqueness picariae