WORD FOR THE DAY - picaresque

[Louis Foxwell]

Word For The Day,Friday, March 20— picaresque

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

picaresque

pi-kə-ˈresk,

hear it pronounced

adjective

1. The picaresque novel is a genre of prose fiction which depicts the adventures of a roguish hero of low social class who lives by his wits in a corrupt society.
2. of, relating to, or resembling rogues.

Origin: Spanish - "picaresca," from "pícaro," for "rogue" or "rascal"
Related forms: unpicaresque

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

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[mikrofon]

This is size-12 picaresque text ...

This is size-24 picaresque text ...

This is size-24 rouge picaresque text ...
 

[Louis Foxwell]

This is size-2 picaresque text ...

[Louis Foxwell]

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This is size-2 Amethystinus (purpura amethystina text ...

[Louis Foxwell]

I think your post went over my head. Here's a bunny with a pancake on its head in honor.

[mikrofon]

Oops .... 'Got my points and picas mixed up:

[SoothingDave]

How very elite of you.

[Robert A Cook PE]

If pica pika picked a peck of picarequese pikes, how many picarequese pikes did pika pica pick when pica pika picked a peck of picaresqued pikes?

(And why did pica pika’s pikes need picaresqueing? Do you have get in a long line to wait to picarequeue resqueueded pike?)

[Texan5]

We shut down work when the temperature started to drop-it was just starting to drizzle as I drove up to my gate, and I heard thunder when I took Husky girl out-fortunately I have leftover grilled chicken and veggies for a salad for dinner...

The democrats’ obsession with
Candidates with things to hide
Seems less of a concern now
And more of a matter of pride

Among their picaresque idols
The Clintons and Obamas stand
As examples of real dishonesty
And illegal deeds out of hand

With that odor of corruption
So strong that you might faint
The doings of Richard Nixon
Look like those of a saint...

[Louis Foxwell]

Your prickly prose precludes a blue ribbon but preferentially I award a Piccadilly postulate.

[Louis Foxwell]

We need to establish a poetry award.

The feathered pen award.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Is your grille under cover, and so your will to be able to grille dry will succeed? Or will you grille wet, and so wish you were grilling dry? 8<)

[tioga]

We got snow again today. Bah.

[xsmommy]

You are an excellent teacher! Love the word! Busy day so my homework is late, I need to get to work on it!

[xsmommy]

My homework is in the form of a jeopardy question....Who is FR's fave woman pol who wrote a book about going..,, picaresque ?

[Texan5]

That is a nice illustration of a pen and inkwell-there was a prof who taught a creative writing class who had a bunch of quill pens made up, gave one and an ink bottle to every one of his students and had everyone write a whole page of unlined paper with that stuff. I can’t imagine that people liked to write when those were the only tools available.

[Texan5]

Global “warming” on the first day of Spring—It is just drizzly and chilly here, but there is heavier rain on the way, and maybe flooding of the low water crossings-there are three of them on this road before you get to the farm road.

[Texan5]

The grill is under some trees, but even so I don’t like to grill in the rain...

[Louis Foxwell]

The question answers itself. Going rogue... Need one be a rogue to go rogue? Enquiring minds want to know. An excellent diversion.

I just really like the picture.

[Louis Foxwell]

A memorable story. We all wish we had - and some among us are thankful we had - great teachers.

[tioga]

We are back to daily snow. Tis snowing again this morning. Bah.