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picaresque

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pic=a=resque

CIDE DICTIONARY

picaresquea. [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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