how to pronounce picaresque

/ˌpɪk.əɹˈɛsk/

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picaresque is pronounced in three syllables

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meanings of picaresque

adjective:

Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero.
Of or pertaining to adventurers or rogues.

noun:

A picaresque novel.

picaresque frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word picaresque occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics picaresque can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that picaresque can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;