picaresque
Example Sentences
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The 18th century teemed with picaresque tales of comic misadventure.
But that would deprive us of Courage’s wild picaresque through a rural and ravaged America.
From Los Angeles Times
But the story’s many twists and hair’s-breadth escapes — its devolution into a Holocaust picaresque — lack the foundation of historical truth that undergirded the writer’s debut effort.
From Los Angeles Times
“The book is also a comedy, and there is a picaresque quality to it that Justin made a brilliant adaptation of, because it’s a romantic movie, but it’s also very funny.”
From Los Angeles Times
He sees himself as a picaresque hero in the novel that exists in his mind — and forces the rest of us to deal with it.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
