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• Quixotic —    , DON QUIXOTE    For the word quixotic, the English language is indebted to Don Quixote, the eponymous hero of the satire written by Miguel de Cervantes and published in Madrid in two parts, in 1605 and 1615. Don Quixote was a visionary who,… …   Dictionary of eponyms

• quixote — noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Don Quixote, hero of the novel Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605, 1615) by Cervantes Date: 1648 a quixotic person • quixotism noun • quixotry noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• knight-errant — [nīt′er′ənt] n. pl. knights errant 1. a medieval knight wandering in search of adventures, esp. ones allowing him to redress wrongs or show his prowess 2. a chivalrous or quixotic person …   English World dictionary

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• Don Quixote — For other uses, see Don Quixote (disambiguation). Don Quixote   …   Wikipedia

• Quixotism — is the description of a person or an act that is caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals. It also serves to describe an idealism without regard to practicality. An impulsive person or act can be regarded as… …   Wikipedia

• visionary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. idealistic, unpractical, quixotic, Utopian; imaginary, delusory, chimerical. n. dreamer, idealist, theorist, theorizer. See imagination, heterodoxy, nonexistence. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …   English dictionary for students

• Miguel de Cervantes — Cervantes redirects here. For other uses, see Cervantes (disambiguation). Miguel Cervantes Born Miguel de Cervantes Baptised 9 October 1547 (birth date unknown) Alcalá de Henares, Castile (Galician family) …   Wikipedia

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