Associations to the word «Picaresque»

Wiktionary

PICARESQUE, adjective. Of or pertaining to rogues or adventurers
PICARESQUE, adjective. (literature) Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero
PICARESQUE, noun. A picaresque novel.

Dictionary definition

PICARESQUE, adjective. Involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction; "picaresque novels"; "waifs of the picaresque tradition"; "a picaresque hero".

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras