Quixote

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One resembling Don Quixote; someone who is chivalrous but idealist.

    "I had once determined to fix the terrible Name of some Man of War in the Front of your History, a perfect Hero, that should like another Quixot defend your Reputation right, or wrong [...]."

Example

More examples

"It's a quotation from Don Quixote."

Etymology

After Don Quixote.

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