Meanings
nounquixotry (countable and uncountable, plural quixotries)
plural quixotries
- countableuncountableA wild, visionary idea, an eccentric notion or act; a quixotism.
His quixotry might exasperate, but could not affront, them.
1930, W. Somerset Maugham, Cakes and Ale, Penguin Books, published 1993, page 201 more example
She knew that her brother was capable of any quixotry, any excess.
1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 158
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Chinese Mandarin 吉訶德式性格 /吉诃德式性格
- 吉訶德式性格 /吉诃德式性格 (Jíhēdé shì xìnggé)visionary schemes
Estonian donkihhotlus
- donkihhotlusvisionary schemes
French donquichotterie, donquichottisme
- donquichotterievisionary schemes
- donquichottismevisionary schemes
- don-quichottismevisionary schemes
German Donquichotterie
- Donquichotterievisionary schemes
Polish donkiszoteria, donkiszotyzm
- donkiszoteriavisionary schemes
- donkiszotyzmvisionary schemes
Russian донкихо́тство
- донкихо́тство (donkixótstvo)visionary schemes
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