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
It is no time for quixotism to make yet another suffer.
From The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman by Hough, Emerson
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
“Wrong,” replied the doctor, smiling in his old school-fellow’s face; “the quixotism is on your side in making so big a proposal on Vane’s behalf.”
From The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias by Cooper, A.W.
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
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