(adj) involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction, Example:picaresque novels; waifs of the picaresque tradition; a picaresque hero

picariae

(n) term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to the order Coraciiformes, Syn. order Picariae

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Picard

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Adamites in the fifteenth century; -- so called from one Picard of Flanders. See Adamite. [ 1913 Webster ]

Picaresque

a. [ F., fr. Sp. picaro rogue. ] Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Picariæ

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. picus a woodpecker. ] (Zool.) An extensive division of birds which includes the woodpeckers, toucans, trogons, hornbills, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, and goatsuckers. By some writers it is made to include also the cuckoos, swifts, and humming birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Picarian

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to Picariæ. -- n. One of the Picariæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

Picaroon

n. [ Sp. picaron, aug. of picaro roguish, n., a rogue. ] One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

ピカレスク

[pikaresuku] (n) picaresque (novel)

悪漢小説

[あっかんしょうせつ, akkanshousetsu] (n) picaresque novel

เพิ่มคำศัพท์

ทราบความหมายของคำศัพท์นี้? กด [เพิ่มคำศัพท์] เพื่อใส่คำนี้พร้อมความหมาย เพื่อเป็นวิทยาทานแก่ผู้ใช้ท่านอื่น ๆ

picar

Longdo Dict

บริการอื่น ๆ

Download