Picaresque
Pronunciation : Pic`a*resque"
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [F., fr. Sp. picaro rogue.]
Definition : Defn: 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 Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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