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dulcinea

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dul⋅cin⋅e⋅a

  [duhl-sin-ee-uh, duhl-suh-nee-uh]
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–noun
a ladylove; sweetheart.
Origin:
1740–50; after Dulcinea the ladylove of Don Quixote
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Dulcinea 
"sweetheart," 1748, from the name of Don Quixote's mistress in Cervantes' romance, the name a Sp. fem. derivative of L. dulce "sweet."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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