rocambolesco

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rocambolesque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro.kam.boˈle.sko/
• Rhymes: -esko
• Hyphenation: ro‧cam‧bo‧lé‧sco

Adjective

rocambolesco (feminine rocambolesca, masculine plural rocamboleschi, feminine plural rocambolesche)

1. fantastic, incredible

Spanish

Alternative forms

• recambolesco (Chile)

Etymology

Borrowed from French rocambolesque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rokamboˈlesko/ [ro.kãm.boˈles.ko]
• Rhymes: -esko
• Syllabification: ro‧cam‧bo‧les‧co

Adjective

rocambolesco (feminine rocambolesca, masculine plural rocambolescos, feminine plural rocambolescas)

1. fantastic, unbelievable, far-fetched
   • 2021 February 27, Carles Porta, “La farmacéutica de Olot, 492 días secuestrada”, in El País‎^[1], retrieved 2021-02-28:

     Sin embargo ―caprichos del destino― empezaba a asomar otra pesadilla, tan malévola y rocambolesca como la que la precedía o quizá incluso peor.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. odd, bizarre

Further reading

• “rocambolesco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28