1. relating to or characteristic of a type of fiction featuring the adventures of a roguish hero of low social class who lives by their wits in a corrupt society
Usage: literary

Examples

• Don Quixote is considered one of the first picaresque novels.
• The picaresque tradition influenced many modern adventure stories.
• His picaresque tales featured clever thieves and wandering rogues.
• The author wrote in a picaresque style, following a cunning protagonist through various escapades.
• Picaresque literature often satirizes social institutions and corruption.
• The film had a picaresque quality, with its wandering anti-hero encountering colorful characters.