Quixote

[ kee-hoh-tee, kwik-suht; Spanish kee-haw-te ]

/ kiˈhoʊ ti, ˈkwɪk sət; Spanish kiˈhɔ tɛ /

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noun

Don. Don Quixote.

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Words nearby Quixote

quiver, quiverful, quivering, quiver leg, qui vive, Quixote, quixotic, quixotism, quiz, quiz kid, quizmaster

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How to use Quixote in a sentence

She reportedly also had a book collection worth more than €20 million, including a first edition of Don Quixote from 1605.
Adiós to the Diva Duchess|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Filming began in 2000 with Jean Rochefort as Quixote and Johnny Depp as Grisoni.
Doomed Passion Projects of Hollywood: The Lost Classics of Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, and More|Marlow Stern|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
First, Quixote-like, he kept tilting at the right-wing caricature of Obama that only right-wingers buy into.
Marco Rubio, Substitute Teacher|Michael Tomasky|February 13, 2013|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|DAILY BEAST
At an orchestral rehearsal, held specially for him, he conducted his new Don Quixote Fantasia.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
Don 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'Neill
Michael was now in a perplexity for literary recreation, until he remembered Don Quixote.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
I tried it; but, in the spirit of Don Quixote with his helmet, I did not try it hard.
Angling Sketches|Andrew Lang
But he will not fight the windmills of Spain on an old mule like Don Quixote.
The Ghost Breaker|Charles Goddard

British Dictionary definitions for Quixote

Quixote

/ (ˈkwɪksət, Spanish kiˈxote) /

noun

See Don Quixote

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