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Don Quixote

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

noun

  1. the hero of a novel by Cervantes who was inspired by lofty and chivalrous but impractical ideals.
  2. (italics) ( Don Quixote de la Mancha ) the novel itself (1605 and 1615).

Don Quixote

/ ˈkwɪksÉ™t; don kiˈxote; ˈdÉ’n kiËˈhəʊtiË /

noun

  1. an impractical idealist
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Don Quixote

  1. (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 .
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Notes

A person who is both idealistic and impractical is often said to be “quixotic.â€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Don Quixote1

after the hero of Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha

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