Don Quixote

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Borrowed from Spanish Don Quixote, the older spelling of modern Spanish Don Quijote.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɒn kiːˈhəʊtɪ/, /dɒn ˈkwɪksəʊt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌdɑn kiˈhoʊti/, /ˌdɑn kiˈhoʊteɪ/
• Rhymes: -əʊti

Don Quixote

1. A famous 1605–1615 Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), whose full title is El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha).
2. The protagonist of this novel.

Don Quixote (plural Don Quixotes)

1. (also attributive) Any person or character who displays quixotism.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     But he was a born leader. As danger thickened his jaunty manner would increase, his speech become more racy, his cold eyes glitter into ardent life, and his Don Quixote moustache bristle with joyous excitement.

   • 2012, Claire B. Gunnels, Susan E. Green, Patricia M. Butler, Joint Libraries: Models That Work, page 161:

     […] while joint libraries are wonderful endeavors, which may or may not be a part of our future, they also represent the best of human cooperation for the greater good. This book is dedicated to these Don Quixotes of the library world.

Borrowed from Spanish Don Quixote, the older spelling of modern Spanish Don Quijote.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdon kiˈʃote/ [ˈd̪oŋ kiˈʃo.t̪e]
• Syllabification: Don Qui‧xo‧te

Don Quixote m

1. Don Quixote (the protagonist of a famous Spanish novel)

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɔn kiˈʃɔt(ə)/

• Audio:

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Don Quixote m (proper noun, strong, genitive Don Quixotes or (with an article) Don Quixote)

1. alternative spelling of Don Quichotte

From Quixano (modern Spanish Quijano), his actual surname, + -ote.

Don Quixote m

1. obsolete spelling of Don Quijote; the original spelling