Meanings
- not comparableOf or relating to Miguel de Cervantes or his literary works.
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[From a footnote] 7. Over the years, the question of exactly when Sancho's donkey was stolen has been a matter of some controversy among Cervantine scholars. [...] In brief, then, through an oversight of Cervantes or the printer, Juan de la Cuesta, the first edition does not prepare the reader for the fact that the donkey has been stolen; despite subsequent corrections, in the second part of Don Quixote, published in 1615, Cervantes alludes to this omission in chapter III and apparently accepts criticism of teh omission as valid.
Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Don Quixote, page 196Synonyms: Cervantesque
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or relating to Miguel de Cervantes or his literary works.
Origin
From Cervantes + -ine, probably following Spanish cervantino.
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