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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

quixote

/kiˈhoʊti/

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What does quixote mean?

noun

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

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IPA pronunciation

/kiˈhoʊti/

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He said if I warn’t so ignorant, but had read a book called Don Quixote, I would know without asking.
Mark TwainAdventures of Huckleberry FinnProject Gutenberg ebook #76
The next day he called with translations of Homer and ‘Don Quixote,’ which the boy proceeded to read with great avidity.
Samuel SmilesSelf Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and PerseveranceProject Gutenberg ebook #935
More book examples (3)
The place so called is a collection of ruinous houses, which put me in mind of the Fulling mills mentioned in “Don Quixote.”
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
Don Quixote might and would serve his lady in most preposterous fashion, but I am sure he would have chosen a lady of merit.
Robert Louis StevensonMemoir of Fleeming JenkinProject Gutenberg ebook #698
There was in Burton, as in most great men, a touch of the Don Quixote, derived, no doubt, in his case, from his father.
Thomas WrightThe Life of Sir Richard BurtonProject Gutenberg ebook #4315