Quixotic

Nov. 18th, 2022 02:29 pm
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“QUIXOTIC, adj. Absurdly chivalric, like Don Quixote. An insight into the beauty and excellence of this incomparable adjective is unhappily denied to him who has the misfortune to know that the gentleman's name is pronounced Ke-ho-tay.

—Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary




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Date: 2022-11-19 03:44 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] mount_oregano
Spelled Quijote in modern Spanish. And a quijote/quixote is the name of the piece of armor covering the thigh.

Date: 2022-11-19 04:09 am (UTC)
mount_oregano: and let me translate (translate)
From: [personal profile] mount_oregano
The Spanish have an *intense* multi-faceted relationship with El Quijote. They do care that you understand that it is the world's greatest novel.

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