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Rosinante|rɒzɪˈnæntɪ|
Also 8–9 rozinante.
[ad. Sp. Rocinante (f. rocin horse, jade: see rouncy), the name of the horse ridden by Don Quixote.]
A poor, worn-out, or ill-conditioned horse; a hack, a jade.
Usually as a quasi-proper name.
1745Life & Adventures B.-M. Carew 65 Who, enraged by their several Losses, began to curse the Doctor and his Rosinante. 1759Sterne Tr. Shandy ii. xvii, Ill-fated sermon!..trod deep into the dirt by the left hind-foot of his Rosinante. 1788J. May Jrnl. & Lett. (1873) 100, I felt queer enough mounted on my Rosinante, about thirteen hands high. 1816Sporting Mag. XLVIII. 233 The more humble donkey and spare Rosinante trotting and snorting along the road. 1867M. E. Herbert Cradle L. 56 A wretched ‘rosinante’, such as would appear at a Spanish bull-fight.
Hence Rosiˈnantine a., lean, worn-out. nonce-wd.
1936P. Fleming News from Tartary ix. 235 Plump and naked..they [sc. camels] were a great contrast to our shaggy, Rosinantine beasts. |