quixotism

[ kwik-suh-tiz-uh m ]

/ ˈkwɪk səˌtɪz əm /

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noun

(sometimes initial capital letter) quixotic character or practice.

a quixotic idea or act.

Nearby words

quiver, quiver leg, quiverful, quixote, quixotic, quixotism, quiz, quiz kid, quiz program, quizmaster, quizzical

Origin of quixotism

1660–70; (Don) Quixote + -ism

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Examples from the Web for quixotism

For in that character there has dawned a sort of Quixotism which never used to be there.
Dead Souls|Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
My good fellow, leave your quixotism behind you with your poverty.
The Sorrows of Satan|Marie Corelli
If, as Pacheco reports, Luis de Leon was the most taciturn of men, he was chivalrous to the point of quixotism.
Fray Luis de Len|James Fitzmaurice-Kelly
I was sorry for my old guest, but vexed with him too; what business had he to carry his Quixotism to such an unpleasant length?
Villa Rubein and Other Stories|John Galsworthy

His name was Graves, and he regarded what he called the judge's "quixotism" with condescending good-nature.
The Voice of the People|Ellen Glasgow