Don Quixote
the hero of a novel by Cervantes who was inspired by lofty and chivalrous but impractical ideals.
(italics) (Don Quixote de la Mancha) the novel itself (1605 and 1615).
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How to use Don Quixote in a sentence
As we went round-robin through the squares on screen, it reminded me of the awkwardness of my earliest Spanish immersion classes, where we stumbled our way through reading Don Quixote aloud.
The playwright re-imagines knight Don Quixote as a professor whose fantasies take center stage in a Texas border town.
Local theater comes back strong as in-person options abound | Patrick Folliard | September 16, 2021 | Washington BladeBy 1904, Don Quixote had become one of Einstein’s favorite books.
When Einstein Tilted at Windmills - Issue 93: Forerunners | Amanda Gefter | November 18, 2020 | NautilusShe reportedly also had a book collection worth more than €20 million, including a first edition of Don Quixote from 1605.
They portrayed the Secretary as a kind of well-meaning but naïve Don Quixote flailing vainly against windmills.
Why Cautious Optimism is the Right Approach to Kerry's Efforts | Alan Elsner | July 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
He had gone on to such projects as a 28-foot marionette for the 1965 Balanchine production of Don Quixote.
Big Bird’s Big Gay Love Story: From Birth to the 2012 Presidential Race | Michael Daly | October 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen he dreams his own impossible dream, Jack Abramoff is not so much Don Quixote as Don Corleone.
At an orchestral rehearsal, held specially for him, he conducted his new Don Quixote Fantasia.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyDon Quixote was always doing generous but rather foolish things, and the adjective quixotic now describes this sort of action.
Stories That Words Tell Us | Elizabeth O'NeillMichael was now in a perplexity for literary recreation, until he remembered Don Quixote.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieI tried it; but, in the spirit of Don Quixote with his helmet, I did not try it hard.
Angling Sketches | Andrew LangBut he will not fight the windmills of Spain on an old mule like Don Quixote.
The Ghost Breaker | Charles Goddard
British Dictionary definitions for Don Quixote
/ (ˈdɒn kiːˈhəʊtiː, ˈkwɪksət, Spanish don kiˈxote) /
an impractical idealist
Origin of Don Quixote
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Don Quixote
[ (don kee-hoh-tay, don kee-hoh-tee, don kwik-suht) ]
(1605–1615) A novel by Miguel de Cervantes. The hero, Don Quixote (don is a Spanish title of honor), loses his wits from reading too many romances and comes to believe that he is a knight destined to revive the golden age of chivalry. A tall, gaunt man in armor, he has many comical adventures with his fat squire, Sancho Panza.
Notes for Don Quixote
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