sadomasochistic

comparative more sadomasochistic · superlative most sadomasochistic

1. Of, or relating to, sadomasochism or sadomasochists.

   But does Don Quixote altogether believe in the reality of his own vision? Evidently he does not, particularly when he (and Sancho) is surrendered by Cervantes to the sadomasochistic practical jokes—indeed, the vicious and humiliating cruelties—that afflict the Knight and squire in Part II.

   Part 1 published in 1605, Part 2 in 1615, translated in 2003, introduction written in 2003, Harold Bloom, book by Miguel de Cervantes and translated by Edith Grossman, Introduction for Don Quixote, page xxv