Etymology
Origin of quixotism
Example Sentences
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If I am," she replied in her rapid-fire but often imprecise English, "I would not indulge in such quixotism.
From Time Magazine Archive
He's going deliberately to spoil his chances for a call to St. Antipas by a piece of mere early-Christian quixotism.
From The Seeker by Wilson, Harry Leon
In a later instance, related by Walter Savage Landor, Paine's generosity amounted to quixotism.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel
His name was Graves, and he regarded what he called the judge's "quixotism" with condescending good-nature.
From The Voice of the People by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
If, as Pacheco reports, Luis de Leon was the most taciturn of men, he was chivalrous to the point of quixotism.
From Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment by Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James
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