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picaresque
CIDE DICTIONARY
picaresque, a. [F., fr. Sp. picaro rogue.].
Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
picaresque, adj. (of a style of fiction) dealing with the episodic adventures of rogues etc.
Etymology
F f. Sp. picaresco f. p{iacute}caro rogue
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