ˈkwiksət, -ˌsōt noun
( -s )
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: after Don Quixote de la Mancha, chivalrous hero of the satiric novel Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605, 1615) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra died 1616 Spanish novelist
: a quixotic person
ˈkwiksət, -ˌsōt noun
( -s )
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: after Don Quixote de la Mancha, chivalrous hero of the satiric novel Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605, 1615) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra died 1616 Spanish novelist
: a quixotic person
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012