Picaresque - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌpɪkəˈresk|  American pronunciation of the word picaresque
Brit.  |ˌpɪkəˈresk|  British pronunciation of the word picaresque

adjective

- involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
picaresque novels
waifs of the picaresque tradition
a picaresque hero

Extra examples

...the apotheosis of the picaresque novel...

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