picaro

American  

[pik-uh-roh, pee-kuh-] / ˈpɪk əˌroʊ, ˈpi kə- /

noun

plural

picaros

1. a rogue or vagabond.

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Etymology

Origin of picaro

First recorded in 1615–25, picaro is from the Spanish word pícaro rogue

Example Sentences

His friend and foil is Rich Bone, a handsome and once successful corporate executive who sees life's flaws so clearly that he has retreated to become a sort of passive picaro.

From Time Magazine Archive

Initially it seemed to be the first-person adventures of an intellectual picaro charting his disenchantment with Los Angeles, the Esalen Institute, M.I.T., think tanks and other outposts of American culture.

From Time Magazine Archive

With Panurge, we are distracted from the picaro by all the philosophic and fantastic digressions of an extensive tale in which he is not the principal hero.

From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.

There is too Piers Plain, now a shepherd but formerly nothing short of a picaro, who has seen much and has followed many trades, and served many masters.

From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.

Knavishness; from picaro, a rogue, knave, or loafer. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry