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Why do you think the word quixotic was borrowed by don quixote

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While it is most often used to mean equally impractical and idealistic, it also has the sense of romantic nobility. It's source is from the great Spanish novel "Don Quixote",whose title character is given to unrealistic schemes and great chivalry.

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