Pronounced: buh-KANT (alt-1: buh-KAHNT; alt-2: BAK-uhnt)
Notes: I didn’t quite define this word properly, but I was a bit close
Yesterday’s word
The word picaresque means “of or relating to rogues, rascals, or roguish protagonists”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1800s
Background / Comments
Our word comes from the Spanish word picaresco (of or relating to a picaro). The word picaro means “rogue” or “bohemian”. Our word generally describes a novel in which a person of low standing has a series of adventures among people of higher classes, using his wits (and some dishonesty) to get by. The first picaresque novel is considered to be Lazarillo de Tormes, written around 1554 by Diego Hurtado de Mendoza.
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