windmolengevecht
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Apparently coined by Menno ter Braak in 1931. Compound of windmolen (“windmill”) + gevecht (“fight”). An allusion to Don Quixote.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]windmolengevecht n (plural windmolengevechten, diminutive windmolengevechtje n)
- (chiefly figurative) pointless fight (useless resistance)