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Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer.

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  1. a. class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/applied">Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer.
  2. adj. involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction
  3. class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/applied">Applied to that class of literature in which the principal personage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue, an adventurer.
  4. class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/applied">Applied to that class of literature in which the principalpersonage is the Spanish picaro, meaning a rascal, a knave, a rogue,an adventurer.
  5. j:100 s. involving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction