donquijotemainen

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Finnish

Etymology

Don Quijote +‎ -mainen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdonˌkihot(e)mɑi̯nen/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑinen
  • Hyphenation(key): don‧quijote‧mainen

Adjective

donquijotemainen (comparative donquijotemaisempi, superlative donquijotemaisin)

  1. quixotic
    Synonym: quijoottinen
    • 2023 March 6, Sanna Kangasniemi, Antti Majander, “'Donquijotemainen tarve ja tapa uhmata yleistä mieli­pidettä' – Ystävät muistelevat Matti Klingeä”, in Helsingin sanomat, archived from the original on 1 April 2023:
      Molemmilla oli donquijotemainen tarve ja tapa uhmata yleistä mielipidettä. Historiantutkimuksen piirissä se tarkoitti sitä, että Klinge ei asennoitunut mihinkään valmiiseen koulukuntaan vaan muodosti oman koulukuntansa.
      Both of them had a quixotic need and habit of defying general opinion. In historiography that meant Klinge positioned himself in no preexisting school of thought but instead formed his own school.

Declension

Possessive forms of donquijotemainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.