PICARO

Meaning of PICARO in English

/pik"euh roh', pee"keuh-/ , n. , pl. picaros .

a rogue or vagabond.

[ 1615-25; pícaro rogue ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

PICARO — [H] n pícaro
Interlingua English vocab
PICARO — noun (plural -ros) Etymology: Spanish pícaro Date: 1623 rogue , Bohemian
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PICARO — ˈpikəˌrō noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish pícaro : rogue , tramp , vagabond , bohemian
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PICARO — noun ( plural -ros ) Etymology: Spanish pícaro Date: 1623 : rogue , bohemian
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PICARO — [pi.ca.ro] n, pl -ros [Sp picaro] (1623): rogue, bohemian
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PICARO — Pronunciation: ' p ē -kä- ˌ r ō Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -ros Etymology: Spanish pícaro Date: 1623 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PICAROON — I. noun or pickaroon Etymology: Spanish picarón, augmentative of pícaro Date: 1624 pirate , picaro , II. intransitive verb Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PICARESQUE — I. adjective Etymology: Spanish picaresco, from pícaro Date: 1810 of or relating to rogues or rascals, II. noun Date: 1895 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PICARESQUE NOVEL — Early form of the novel , usually a first-person narrative, relating the episodic adventures of a rogue or lowborn adventurer …
Английский словарь Британика
PICAROON — I. noun or pick·a·roon |pikə|rün ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish picarón, aug. of pícaro 1. : picaro 2. : pirate …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PICARESQUE — I. |pikə|resk sometimes |pēk- adjective Etymology: Spanish picaresco, from pícaro rogue + -esco -esque : of, relating to, or characteristic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PICARESQUE — (a.) Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a …
Английский словарь Webster
PICARESQUE — ( a. ) Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PICAROON — /pik'euh roohn"/ , n. 1. a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand. 2. a pirate or corsair. v.i. 3. to act …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PICARESQUE — /pik'euh resk"/ , adj. 1. pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction, originally developed in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PICAROON — I. noun or pick·a·roon ˌpi-kə-ˈrün Etymology: Spanish picarón, augmentative of pícaro Date: 1624 1. : pirate 2. : picaro II. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PICARESQUE — I. ˌpi-kə-ˈresk, ˌpē- adjective Etymology: Spanish picaresco, from pícaro Date: 1810 : of or relating to rogues or rascals ; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PICARESQUE — adj applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a …
Webster English vocab
PICAROON — [ ˌpɪkə'ru:n ] ■ noun archaic an outlaw, pirate, or criminal. Origin C17: from Sp. picarón , augmentative of picaro …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PICARESQUE — [ ˌpɪkə'rɛsk ] ■ adjective denoting an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PICAROON — [pic.a.roon] or pick.a.roon n [Sp picaron, aug. of picaro] (1624) 1: pirate 2: picaro [2]picaroon vi (1675): to act as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PICARESQUE — [pi.ca.resque] adj [Sp picaresco, fr. picaro] (1810): of or relating to rogues or rascals; also: of, relating to, suggesting, or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PICARA — [pi.ca.ra] n [Sp picara, fem. of picaro] (ca. 1930): a woman who is a rogue
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PICARESQUE NOVEL — early form of novel, usually a first-person narrative, relating the adventures of a rogue or low-born adventurer (Spanish pcaro) as …
Britannica English vocabulary
PICARESQUE — / ˌpɪkəˈresk; NAmE / adjective ( formal ) connected with literature that describes the adventures of a person who is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PICARESQUE — pic ‧ a ‧ resque /ˌpɪkəˈresk◂/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: Spanish ; Origin: picaresco , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PICARESQUE NOVEL — Early form of the novel , usually a first-person narrative, relating the episodic adventures of a rogue or lowborn adventurer …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VAGABOND — n. Function: noun a person who wanders at will or as a habit FF1C; a park full of vagabonds sleeping …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
VAGABOND — I. adjective Synonyms: itinerant , itinerate, nomadic, perambulant, perambulatory, peripatetic, roving, vagrant, wandering, wayfaring Related Word: vagabondish II. noun a …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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