quixotesco

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Quixote, the surname of Don Quixote, the titular character in the novel by Miguel Cervantes, +‎ -esco.

Adjective

quixotesco m (feminine singular quixotesca, masculine plural quixotescos, feminine plural quixotescas, comparable)

  1. quixotic (possessing or acting with the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality)
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