Etymology
Origin of quixotism
Example Sentences
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I found Quixotism in the world at times irritating, and at times cruel, and instead I saw the heroism of Don Quixote’s friends and neighbors, the “normal” people.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2017
Quixotism is a malady possible only to generous minds.
From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord
What foolish infatuation had ever suggested to me the Quixotism of these wanderings?
From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James
Perhaps there is no better test of a person's nature than his attitude toward Quixotism.
From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord
This knight-errant proclivity ripened from the Quixotism of boyhood into the chivalrous devotion which had manifested itself in his somewhat romantic friendship for Maurice,—a friendship productive of such happy results to the young viscount.
From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt
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