I. |pikə|resk sometimes |pēk- adjective
Etymology: Spanish picaresco, from pícaro rogue + -esco -esque
: of, relating to, or characteristic of rogues or rascals ; specifically : relating to or being a type of prose fiction of Spanish origin in modern literature in which the principal character is a rogue or vagabond and the narrative is a series of incidents or episodes connected chronologically but with little or no motivation or complication of plot
picaresque novel
picaresque career
waifs of the picaresque tradition — Asher Brunes
II. noun
( -s )
: someone or something that is picaresque
forming a kind of children's picaresque of loosely connected episodes — Irving Howe