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I was once reading a fantasy novel (not at all based on our Earth/Universe) in which a character used the word "quixotic" in dialogue.
I suppose I could have forced myself to believe that someone similar to Cervantes might have been born in that world, became an author, and subsequently wrote of a character named Bill Quixote. And I suppose it's possible that Bill Quixote technically could have become so famous for undertaking impossible, ridiculous tasks that his surname inspired a new adjective in the local language. But I chose to stop reading it instead.
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