picaresque

adjective
🔊/ˌpɪkəˈresk/
🔊/ˌpɪkəˈresk/
(formal)
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  1. connected with literature that describes the adventures of a person who is sometimes dishonest but easy to like流浪汉小说题材的
    • a picaresque novel一部流浪汉小说
    Topics Literature and writingc2
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Spanish picaresco, from pícaro ‘rogue’.