Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To act like Don Quixote; play the Quixote: with indefinite it.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun Don Quixote, the eponymous hero of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes
  • proper noun Any of various musical compositions based on the novel.

Etymologies

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After Don Quixote.

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