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Picaresque
pi-kə-ˈresk
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: Spanish, early 19th century
 
1
Related to a mischievous character
2
A type of fiction concerning the adventures of roguish but likeable characters
 
 
 
Examples of Picaresque in a sentence
 
"His new novel was full of picaresque characters getting into scrapes and always escaping the arm of the law."
 
"She wants to settle down and start a family, but she's constantly drawn to picaresque sorts who will never give up a life of adventure. "
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