QUIXOTE


Meaning of QUIXOTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkwik-sət, kē-ˈhō-tē, -ˈō- ]

noun

Usage: often capitalized

Etymology: Don Quixote, hero of the novel Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605, 1615) by Cervantes

Date: 1648

: a quixotic person

• quix·o·tism ˈkwik-sə-ˌti-zəm noun

• quix·o·try -sə-trē noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.