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rocambolesque

adjective

  1. Fantastic, incredible, fabulous.

    Behind much of this were particular concrete New Left movements, some serious, some more rocambolesque.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French rocambolesque, in reference to Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail's character Rocambole.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry rocambolesque (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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