"rocambolesque" meaning in English

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          "text": "a rocambolesque story",
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          "text": "Behind much of this were particular concrete New Left movements, some serious, some more rocambolesque.",
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          "text": "Though not exactly seeking carpet slippers and the reassuring click of knitting needles he had envisaged a future rather less rocambolesque than the plot of the average Tarantino movie.",
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          "text": "The latter in particular was an unlikely candidate for what would turn out to be the most rocambolesque experiences in the entire history of the encounter.",
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          "word": "rocambolesc"
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          "sense": "fantastic",
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      "sense": "fantastic",
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      "sense": "fantastic",
      "word": "rocambolesco"
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      "sense": "fantastic",
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