Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quixote

/ˈkwɪk.sət/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: quixote
IPA: /ˈkwɪk.sət/

23

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"I had once determined to fix the terrible Name of some Man of War in the Front of your History, a perfect Hero, that should like another Quixot defend your Reputation right, or wrong [...]."
"Few things can more inflame / This far too combative heart / Than the intellectual Quixotes of the age / Prattling of abstract art."
"But he was also a natural chronicler: one senses that, even as his schemes collapsed, this aesthetic Arab Quixote knew the stories would make great material for his witty, sharp, melancholic writings."

Etymology

After Don Quixote.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈkwɪk.sət/

Inflected Forms

Quixotes (plural)

Phrases

Quixote yucca

Frequently Paired Words

Quixote yucca quixotic quixotish quixotism quixotry

Rhymes With

coyote brodie roti doty coty throaty foti bellotti perotti belote ciotti barsotti

Questions

How do you pronounce quixote?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkwɪk.sət/.
What does quixote mean?: One resembling Don Quixote; someone who is chivalrous but idealist.
Where does quixote come from?: After Don Quixote.

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