Etymology
Origin of quixotism
Example Sentences
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In this condition not the least of my misery lay in the reflection that I had done no good; that I had suffered for a quixotism, and shown myself stubborn and obstinate to no purpose.
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Don't let any false quixotism blind you to that, Vane.
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With three jumps I was up in the little gallery, wringing the hands of those performers and calling down blessings upon their quixotism as musical missionaries.
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In a later instance, related by Walter Savage Landor, Paine's generosity amounted to quixotism.
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He was capable of quixotism of the most whimsical sort.
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