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Quixotic
Quixotic Quix*ot"ic, a.
Like Don Quixote; romantic to extravagance; absurdly
chivalric; apt to be deluded. ``Feats of quixotic
gallantry.' --Prescott.
Quixotically
Quixotically Quix*ot"ic*al*ly, adv.
In a quixotic way.
Quixotism
Quixotism Quix"ot*ism, n.
That form of delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd
undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly
romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the
exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry.
Quixotry
Quixotry Quix"ot*ry, n.
Quixotism; visionary schemes.
Meaning of Quixot from wikipedia
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Quixotism (/kwɪkˈsɒtɪzəm/ or /kiːˈhoʊtɪzəm/; adj. quixotic) is
impracticality in
pursuit of ideals,
especially those ideals manifested by rash, lofty...
- de
Avellaneda Amadís de
Gaula List of
works influenced by Don
Quixote Quixotism The
History of
Cardenio "The
Truth about Sancho Panza" (1931
short story)...
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turning away from it,
considering it as
anachronistic and
tinged with
quixotism. In ****an, it
emerged in the 1920s as the
Mingei movement. It
stood for...
- Waverley; or, ’Tis
Sixty Years Since /ˈweɪvərli/ is a
historical novel by
Walter Scott (1771–1832).
Scott was
already famous as a poet, and
chose to publish...
- the face of the
modern world as anachronistic,
giving rise to the term
Quixotism. Conversely,
elements of
Romanticism sought to
revive such "medieval"...
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published Modern Chivalry in 1792–1815;
Tabitha Gilman Tenney wrote Female Quixotism:
Exhibited in the
Romantic Opinions and
Extravagant Adventure of Dorcasina...
- 50 (4): 474. doi:10.1353/sdn.2018.0038. Wyett, Jodi L. (2015). "Female
Quixotism Refashioned:
Northanger Abbey, the
Engaged Reader, and the
Woman Writer"...
- Hugh
Peters depicted in a 1660 broadside, "Don
Pedro de
Quixot, or in
English the
Right Reverend Hugh Peters"...
- de
Avellaneda Amadís de
Gaula List of
works influenced by Don
Quixote Quixotism The
History of
Cardenio "The
Truth about Sancho Panza" (1931
short story)...
- de
Avellaneda Amadís de
Gaula List of
works influenced by Don
Quixote Quixotism The
History of
Cardenio "The
Truth about Sancho Panza" (1931
short story)...