QUIXOTE


Meaning of QUIXOTE in English

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

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