picaresco.
picaresque (relating to or characteristic of a rogue)
Meaning & usage
picaresque (relating to or characteristic of a rogue)
burlesque, comical, ridiculous
picaresque (which is based on the narrative, often autodiegetic and satirical, of the adventures of a character, generally of low status, who lives by means that are not always honest)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Spanish pícaro Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus Spanish -esco Spanish picarescobor. Portuguese picaresco Borrowed from Spanish picaresco. By surface analysis, pícaro + -esco.
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