Thief ... in a word

[Fidcal]

You come across certain words you only ever really read in magazine articles and nobody uses in everyday conversation. I can remember when a computer journalist discovered what 'ubiquitous' meant and after that it was present everywhere. Just came across picaresque in my tv guide. Seen it times but never looked it up before. It sums up Thief in one word...

 

picaresque

 

1. Of or involving clever rogues or adventurers.

2. Of or relating to a genre of usually satiric prose fiction depicting in realistic, often humorous detail the adventures of a roguish hero of low social degree living by his or her wits in a corrupt society.

[aidakeeley]

...'ubiquitous' meant and after that it was present everywhere...

 

Ironic that, eh?

[ungoliant]

we need a poll on this one. Should The Dark Mod be renamed The Picaresque Mod on next release?

[Melan]

Clandestine.

 

That's a good one.

[bambini]

 

picaresque

 

1. Of or involving clever rogues or adventurers.

2. Of or relating to a genre of usually satiric prose fiction depicting in realistic, often humorous detail the adventures of a roguish hero of low social degree living by his or her wits in a corrupt society.

 

3. A 2005 album by The Decemberists.

[AluminumHaste]

You come across certain words you only ever really read in magazine articles and nobody uses in everyday conversation. I can remember when a computer journalist discovered what 'ubiquitous' meant and after that it was present everywhere. Just came across picaresque in my tv guide. Seen it times but never looked it up before. It sums up Thief in one word...

 

picaresque

 

1. Of or involving clever rogues or adventurers.

2. Of or relating to a genre of usually satiric prose fiction depicting in realistic, often humorous detail the adventures of a roguish hero of low social degree living by his or her wits in a corrupt society.

 

Taffer

[woah]

picaresque

 

1. Of or involving clever rogues or adventurers.

2. Of or relating to a genre of usually satiric prose fiction depicting in realistic, often humorous detail the adventures of a roguish hero of low social degree living by his or her wits in a corrupt society.

 

picaroon: a thief, pirate, or pirate-ship

[Fidcal]

Looks like that's where picaresque comes from - picaro seems to be spanish for rogue and 'picarooned' derived from it. Pirates fit nicely into dark mod I reckon.

[Diego]

Here (Brazil) we use "picareta" to describe... eh.. (searching for word here) that guy who would steal your money by using cleverness (I think it's called a con artist)

[LEGION]

http://en.wikipedia....icaresque_novel

 

As I looked for it in german I found only this. But it fits for me.

 

But I like the DarkMod more. (better to spell )