picaresque的词源

英文词源

picaresque (adj.)

1810, from Spanish picaresco "roguish," from picaro "rogue," of uncertain origin, possibly from picar "to pierce," from Vulgar Latin *piccare (see pike (n.2)). Originally in roman picaresque "rogue novel," the classic example being "Gil Blas."

中文词源

picaresque：流浪汉小说的，无赖冒险小说的，韦小宝式小说的

来自西班牙语picaro,无赖，恶棍，可能来自picar,刺，好斗，词源同pike,pick.-esque,形容词后缀。后用于指19世纪出现的一种以社会底层人物为主角的小说体裁，类似于中国的《鹿鼎记》中所讲述的无赖英雄韦小宝。

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